Bug 754617

Summary: GNOME Shell fails to start unless accountsservice-libs package is installed
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Travis Suel <travis.bugzilla>
Component: gnome-shellAssignee: Owen Taylor <otaylor>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 16CC: browning48ky, maxamillion, otaylor, rh, samkraju, ssanders, walters
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Description Travis Suel 2011-11-17 03:28:31 UTC
Description of problem:

GNOME Shell crashes on login with the "Oh no! Something has gone wrong." full screen error message.  The list of extensions listed which may be causing the problem contains only one possible culprit:

    Input-Method Status Indicator

However, once accountsservice-libs is installed, GNOME Shell starts without issue.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.2.1

How reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ensure gnome-shell is installed but accountsservice-libs is not installed
2. Attempt to login using GNOME


Actual results:

"Oh no!  Something has gone wrong." full screen error


Expected results:

Successful login to GNOME Shell.


Additional info:

I did a clean install of Fedora 16 and installed both GNOME Desktop Environment and KDE Software Compilation, however I only installed KDM (not GDM).

Comment 1 Jarmo 2011-11-17 11:52:14 UTC
I have similar issue, but accountsservice-libs installed.
My problem is related to gnome-shell-extensions. If they are disabled, then no issues.

Comment 2 Jarmo 2011-11-17 11:54:11 UTC
Similar bug logged
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754372

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