Description of problem: I believe that gnome-shell is failing to start because of buggy nm-applet. In my case I wasn't able to start gnome-shell until I started NetworkManager.service (I had it turned of because I'm using bridged interface). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.4.0-1.git20120328.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. disable NetworkManager.service 2. reboot 3. login into gnome-shell trough gdm Actual results: OH snap! Expected results: gnome-shell should start normally Additional info: gnome-shell starts up after systemctl start NetworkManager.service
I'm experiencing the exact same problem. It happened after a recent upgrade of something(s) or other. I can still login by not using gdm and using startx instead.
This only happened once so far out of two reboots and multiple logins, but it did happen.
Is it actually the applet? I thought gnome-shell had its own integration now.
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