Bug 1511454 - Inconsistent shell version shown on multiple places
Summary: Inconsistent shell version shown on multiple places
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gnome-shell
Version: 7.5
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Florian Müllner
QA Contact: Desktop QE
Jana Heves
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1573355 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-11-09 12:00 UTC by Martin Krajnak
Modified: 2021-12-10 15:23 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Known Issue
Doc Text:
Inconsistent *GNOME Shell* versions The GNOME desktop environment currently displays different versions of *GNOME Shell*. For example, the version returned by the "gnome-shell --version" command is different from the version found in the `Details` section of `Settings`.
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-10-30 10:20:09 UTC
Target Upstream Version:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
settings version (281.29 KB, image/png)
2017-11-09 12:00 UTC, Martin Krajnak 		no flags Details
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Article) 3428811 0 None None None 2019-06-11 21:44:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3140 0 None None None 2018-10-30 10:21:35 UTC

Description Martin Krajnak 2017-11-09 12:00:45 UTC 
Created attachment 1349858 [details]
settings version

Description of problem:
Different version of gnome-shell is shown on multiple places.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-3.26.2-1.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.from terminal execute: gnome-shell --version
2.In gnome-shell find settings and go to Details section

Actual results:
[test@localhost gnome-software]$ rpm -q gnome-shell
gnome-shell-3.26.2-1.el7.x86_64
[test@localhost gnome-software]$ gnome-shell --version
GNOME Shell 3.25.4

Settings: Gnome: Version 3.22.2

Expected results:
Version number should be consistent
Comment 4 Bikal Lem 2018-04-12 08:51:23 UTC 
confirmed. I can repro. the bug. I updated to 7.5 yesterday and can see the inconsistency. Additionally, I don't have the option to use wayland session.
Comment 5 Martin Krajnak 2018-04-12 09:22:24 UTC 
(In reply to Bikal Lem from comment #4)
> confirmed. I can repro. the bug. I updated to 7.5 yesterday and can see the
> inconsistency. Additionally, I don't have the option to use wayland session.

Thanks for confirmation, regarding the wayland session, can you please confirm that you have gnome-session-wayland-session.x86_64 package installed ?
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 10:20:09 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140
Comment 14 Chris Williams 2019-06-11 21:44:42 UTC 
*** Bug 1573355 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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