Description of problem: I performed a minimal Fedora install, and then I installed Wayland and GNOME. I found that gnome-shell would not start until I installed libnm-gtk. I suggest the gnome-shell package should depend on libnm-gtk if it will not start without it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-shell-3.26.1-1.fc27.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Perform a minimal install of Fedora 27 2. Install Wayland and gnome-shell 3. Try to login Actual results: Login fails with following log: Nov 03 20:17:11 dragon.flyn.org gnome-shell[686]: JS ERROR: Error: Requiring NMGtk, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'NMGtk' (any version) not found @resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:11:7 AggregateMenu<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:705:13 wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22 _Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:18:5 Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:117:20 Panel<._ensureIndicator@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1099:25 wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22 Panel<._updateBox@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1110:29 wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22 Panel<._updatePanel@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1021:9 wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22 Panel<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:822:9 wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22 _Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:18:5 Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:117:20 _initializeUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:172:13 start@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:126:5 @<main>:1:31 Nov 03 20:17:11 dragon.flyn.org gnome-shell[686]: Execution of main.js threw exception: JS_EvaluateScript() failed Expected results: Login should succeed. Additional info:
I discovered this today as well. I was trying to do a minimal install of Fedora with GNOME like so: 1. Use the netinstall ISO "Minimal install" option 2. dnf install gnome-shell @base-x 3. systemctl enable gdm.service 4. systemctl set-default graphical.target After bootup all I would get is a black screen and a cursor. Upon installing libnm-gtk, everything works fine.
This is actually preventing Rawhide Workstation live images from booting ever since Fedora-Rawhide-20171201.n.0. Composes before that one pulled libnm-gtk into the Workstation live images somehow, but composes from that date onwards do not, and sure enough, GNOME fails to start on boot with the same error reported here: Dec 19 04:07:20 localhost-live gnome-shell[1329]: JS ERROR: Error: Requiring NMGtk, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'NMGtk' (any version) not found @resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:11:7 Looking at an F27 Workstation live, libnm-gtk seems to have been pulled in by some NetworkManager plugins - NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome , NetworkManager-pptp-gnome and NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome . It seems that the dropping of libnm-glib also somehow results in those packages no longer depending on libnm-gtk , and since gnome-shell is missing the dependency, it is left out of the live image entirely. This is an automatic F28 Beta blocker, per "Complete failure of any release-blocking TC/RC image to boot at all under any circumstance - "DOA" image (conditional failure is not an automatic blocker)" - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process#Automatic_blockers
<kalev> should be fixed in gnome-shell-3.27.1-3.fc28 so for Rawhide purposes this is MODIFIED, but for F27 we'd need an update.
gnome-shell-3.26.2-3.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-85b6c8a430
*** Bug 1525779 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 1503864 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
gnome-shell-3.26.2-3.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-85b6c8a430
gnome-shell-3.26.2-3.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
*** Bug 1518619 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***