I was using tumbleweed then I decided to do a fresh 12.3 install and add the GNOME 3.8 repo.
After the installation I immediately added the relevant repos and did a distribution upgrade. I rebooted the system afterward only to find out that GDM didn’t start. I tried to start it manually but failed. It didn’t even display a terminal output through tvt. I started lightdm manually. Lightdm worked but I couldn’t log in to GNOME. If I attempted to log in, I would be immediately logged out. I logged in with iceWM and was able to receive the following terminal outputs for some gnome apps:
**Nautilus: **
(nautilus:5550): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension
nautilus: symbol lookup error: nautilus: undefined symbol: gtk_tree_view_set_activate_on_single_click
GNOME-Tweak-Tool:
WARNING : Shell not installed or running
WARNING : Error detecting shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_shell_extensions.py", line 199, in __init__
raise Exception("Shell not running or DBus service not available")
Exception: Shell not running or DBus service not available
WARNING : Shell not running
None
INFO : GSettings missing key org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power (key lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor)
INFO : GSettings missing key org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power (key lid-close-battery-action)
INFO : GSettings missing key org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power (key lid-close-ac-action)
INFO : GSettings missing key org.gnome.nautilus.desktop (key computer-icon-visible)
GTT starts afterward despite of the errors gnome-clocks:
** (gnome-clocks:1561): WARNING **: utils.vala:30: loading css: gnome-clocks.css:11:17Junk at end of value
gnome-clocks: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiognomeproxy.so: undefined symbol: g_simple_proxy_resolver_new
On Sat 11 May 2013 01:36:01 AM CDT, Vagrant232 wrote:
I was using tumbleweed then I decided to do a fresh 12.3 install and add
the GNOME 3.8 repo.
After the installation I immediately added the relevant repos and did
a distribution upgrade. I rebooted the system afterward only to find out
that GDM didn’t start. I tried to start it manually but failed. It
didn’t even display a terminal output through tvt. I started lightdm
manually. Lightdm worked but I couldn’t log in to GNOME. If I attempted
to log in, I would be immediately logged out. I logged in with iceWM and
was able to receive the following terminal outputs for some gnome apps:
NAUTILUS:
Code:
(nautilus:5550): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension nautilus: symbol lookup
error: nautilus: undefined symbol:
gtk_tree_view_set_activate_on_single_click --------------------
GNOME-TWEAK-TOOL:
Code:
WARNING : Shell not installed or running
WARNING : Error detecting shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File
“/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_shell_extensions.py”,
line 199, in init raise Exception(“Shell not running or DBus
service not available”) Exception: Shell not running or DBus service
not available WARNING : Shell not running None
INFO : GSettings missing key
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power (key
lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor) INFO : GSettings missing
key org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power (key
lid-close-battery-action) INFO : GSettings missing key
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power (key lid-close-ac-action)
INFO : GSettings missing key org.gnome.nautilus.desktop (key
computer-icon-visible) --------------------
GTT starts afterward despite of the errors
GNOME-CLOCKS:
Code:
** (gnome-clocks:1561): WARNING **: utils.vala:30: loading css:
gnome-clocks.css:11:17Junk at end of value gnome-clocks: symbol lookup
error: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiognomeproxy.so: undefined symbol:
g_simple_proxy_resolver_new --------------------
Hello Malcolm!
No I didn’t run zypper patch nor did I use the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8 option. However, I’m running the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8 option right now. There seems to be a few differences and zypper is currently downloading a few extra files. Do you think I should have downgraded back to 3.6 and then upgraded again using the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8 option? I guess I’m about to find out the hard way.
After performing zypper dup --from GNOME:Stable:3.8 I can now successfully log in to GNOME. However, I still can’t get GDM to start. I still have to use Lightdm to start X and use a DE.
On Sat 11 May 2013 02:06:02 AM CDT, Vagrant232 wrote:
malcolmlewis;2555839 Wrote:
> Hi
> Did you run zypper patch first, Did you use the --from
> GNOME:Stable:3.8 with the dup?
>
> I would have installed and updated with the default repos, updated
> gnome then added your additional repositories…
>
> –
> Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
> openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.4-desktop
> up 3 days 23:07, 3 users, load average: 0.48, 0.55, 0.31
> CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Arrandale
Hello Malcolm!
No I didn’t run zypper patch nor did I use the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8
option. However, I’m running the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8 option right
now. There seems to be a few differences and zypper is currently
downloading a few extra files. Do you think I should have downgraded
back to 3.6 and then upgraded again using the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8
option? I guess I’m about to find out the hard way.
Hi
It may come right, but normally running the patch command would pull in
all the other updates, but hopefully it has done the switch of the
relevant files…
–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.4-desktop
up 3 days 23:35, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.11
CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Arrandale
On 2013-05-11 04:06, Vagrant232 wrote:
>
> malcolmlewis;2555839 Wrote:
>> Hi
>> Did you run zypper patch first, Did you use the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8
>> with the dup?
>>
>> I would have installed and updated with the default repos, updated
>> gnome then added your additional repositories…
Agreed.
> Hello Malcolm!
> No I didn’t run zypper patch nor did I use the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8
> option. However, I’m running the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8 option right
> now. There seems to be a few differences and zypper is currently
> downloading a few extra files. Do you think I should have downgraded
> back to 3.6 and then upgraded again using the --from GNOME:Stable:3.8
> option? I guess I’m about to find out the hard way.
Me, I would reinstall fresh and start over again.
You did a “zypper dup” with all repos enabled, which means that you get
the higher version package, from whatever repo that has it, and for
every package (not only the gnome ones). You end with a mixture of
packages, which is why you get a big warning at the start when you do a
“zypper dup”.
So at this moment is very difficult to know what you have and how to repair.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)