Bug 735081 - [gnome-shell] aborts user session on start-up
Summary: [gnome-shell] aborts user session on start-up
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libgee
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michel Alexandre Salim
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-09-01 11:34 UTC by Joachim Frieben
Modified: 2011-09-10 00:29 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libgee-0.6.1-3.fc15
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-09-10 00:29:11 UTC
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Log file .xession-errors after failed login attempt (6.79 KB, text/plain)
2011-09-01 11:35 UTC, Joachim Frieben 		no flags Details
Log file .xession-errors for libgee-0.6.1-3.fc16 (6.96 KB, text/plain)
2011-09-01 19:24 UTC, Joachim Frieben 		no flags Details
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Description Joachim Frieben 2011-09-01 11:34:42 UTC 
Description of problem:
After upgrading to the latest gnome-shell package, the GNOME desktop fails to start up. Instead, a message that something went wrong and a button prompting the user for logging out are displayed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-3.1.90.1-1.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch GNOME shell from GDM.
  
Actual results:
GNOME session aborts.

Expected results:
GNOME session starts successfully.

Additional info:
None.
Comment 1 Joachim Frieben 2011-09-01 11:35:40 UTC 
Created attachment 520993 [details]
Log file .xession-errors after failed login attempt
Comment 2 Joachim Frieben 2011-09-01 11:37:21 UTC 
Installed packages include clutter-1.7.12-1.fc16.
Comment 3 Kalev Lember 2011-09-01 14:47:59 UTC 
Looking at the log, the error message is:
Error: Requiring Shell, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'Gee', version '1.0' not found

I managed to reproduce it on my system after removing libgee-devel.

It would appear to be a packaging bug with libgee-0.6.1-2.fc15: the typelib is currently in the -devel package, but should instead be in the main package so that apps like gnome-shell could use the library with GObject introspection without needing to depend on the -devel package.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-09-01 16:00:06 UTC 
libgee-0.6.1-3.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libgee-0.6.1-3.fc15
Comment 5 Michel Alexandre Salim 2011-09-01 16:10:46 UTC 
libgee-0.6.1-3.fc16 is built, but I'd rather it be pushed together with the GNOME stack update, rather than as a stand-alone update
Comment 6 Joachim Frieben 2011-09-01 19:24:25 UTC 
Created attachment 521083 [details]
Log file .xession-errors for libgee-0.6.1-3.fc16

GNOME shell still fails after upgrading to libgee-0.6.1-3.fc16 albeit with a slightly different error message.
Comment 7 Kalev Lember 2011-09-01 19:34:52 UTC 
Do you have new enough mutter?
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2011-09-02 05:23:33 UTC 
Package libgee-0.6.1-3.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing libgee-0.6.1-3.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libgee-0.6.1-3.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 9 Joachim Frieben 2011-09-02 06:12:51 UTC 
After ugrading to mutter-3.1.90.1-1.fc16, too, the issue is resolved.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2011-09-10 00:29:05 UTC 
libgee-0.6.1-3.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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