Re: GNOME 3.30: help needed!

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Rene,
>
>> I attach the configuration file.
>
> Thanks.
>
>>> I rebase wip-gnome3.30 on top of the master branch and reconfigured, but
>>> I cannot get GNOME to start. I deleted the slim-service-type and added
>>> (gdm-service) to my configuration.
>>>
>>> I moved ~/.xsession out of the way, but after logging in GNOME still
>>> won’t start. Could you share your configuration file that you used to
>>> successfully start GNOME 3.30?
>>>
>>
>> * I use wip-gnome3.30 branch and then apply the mentioned patches!.
>> * I do not use the .xsession file.
>> * After testing and reconfiguring my system several times some files in 
>> `/var/lib` were outdated; and renamed '/var/lib` and then reconfigured my 
>> system.
>
> I removed ~/.cache and ~/.config/gnome*, and I moved .xsession out of
> the way, but I still cannot start GNOME.  GDM comes up fine, but after
> inputing my credentials the mouse cursor skips to the bottom right
> corner and then I’m thrown back into the GDM login screen.
>
> There is nothing relevant in /var/lib, I think.
>
> I’ve also tried to do this in a VM, but everything is terribly slow, so
> I can’t get past the GDM login screen.
>
> I’d be happy if other people could test this, too.  If you have
> suggestions on how I could debug this, please do let me know.

Success!  GNOME 3.30 works just fine.  The gnome-shell segfaulted(!)
because of stale state in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell.  I think that’s
terrible behaviour, but what can you do…

We should announce this breaking change when the wip-gnome3.30 gets
merged.

--
Ricardo