GNOME problem: Failed to start GNOME Shell. Reverting to previous settings.

[piopio]

Problem: Failed to start GNOME Shell. Reverting to previous settings.

this happened right after i installed this through root user terminal.

i can't seem to open it. at all.

Confused, i am a beginner.

So any help will be greatly welcomed!!

[ElderSnake]

Were you perhaps trying to activate Gnome-Shell through the Desktop Effects menu?

I know you can do it that way but I wasn't even aware of it the first time so I used the old terminal command "gnome-shell --replace &" and it worked fine for me (and then after that I can switch between the desktops using the Desktop Effects menu without any issues I might add).

[piopio]

I tried activating it through desktop effects. INITIALLY

but it gave me that message.

so i tried to manually enter as i read in your reply...i tried different variations you see...:


[-@localhost ~]$ gnome-shell--replace&
[1] 2787
[-@localhost ~]$ bash: gnome-shell--replace: command not found
gnome-shell
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py:242: DeprecationWarning: object.__init__() takes no parameters
super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
Starting dconf-service...
Failed to start /usr/libexec/dconf-service: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
[1]+ Exit 127 gnome-shell--replace
[-@localhost ~]$ gnome-shell--replace
bash: gnome-shell--replace: command not found
[-@localhost ~]$

What did i do wrong? Please lead me!!!!

[ElderSnake]

Unless my eyes are deceiving me, it looks like you have no space between 'gnome-shell' and '--replace'.

Type it exactly as 'gnome-shell --replace' and see what happens.

[piopio]

[@localhost ~]$ gnome-shell --replac
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py:242: DeprecationWarning: object.__init__() takes no parameters
super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
Starting dconf-service...
Failed to start /usr/libexec/dconf-service: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
[@localhost ~]$

i did as you told me and this resulted from the terminal. I am not doing this from root.

Tried with root
[root@localhost ]# gnome-shell --replace
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 753, in <module>
start_dconf_await_service()
File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 129, in start_dconf_await_service
bus = dbus.SessionBus(mainloop=dbus_loop)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 219, in __new__
mainloop=mainloop)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 108, in __new__
bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 125, in __new__
bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
[root@localhost]#

So what is the next step?

[ElderSnake]

Well I just tested, and it seems you cant start gnome-shell in root. I get the same error if I try in root.

However running gnome-shell --replace works fine. I noticed you missed an 'e' on your first attempt there, perhaps retry the command again. Unless that is just a copy paste typo.

If that doesn't work I am unsure exactly where to go next.

[piopio]

i tried it with the "e"

and nothing. its the same, i think i just had a message typo.

[@localhost ~]$ gnome-shell --replace
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py:242: DeprecationWarning: object.__init__() takes no parameters
super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
Starting dconf-service...
Failed to start /usr/libexec/dconf-service: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
[@localhost ~]$

[ElderSnake]

Hmm that's unfortunate. The only other thing I can suggest at the moment is going to the package manager and making sure 'pyGNOME' and its extensions are installed.

[piopio]

yes, it is installed.

I went into package manager to verify 'pyGNOME' was installed.

[ElderSnake]

Damn, then I am unsure what else to do

Hopefully someone has a better idea than me, but in the meantime, you said you installed (gnome-shell) in a root user terminal. Did you mean you built it manually (compiled) or did you install it using YUM? If it's just the YUM repo package you could always remove it and reinstall just to be sure, but I'm unsure what all this dconf error is all about.

[piopio]

Yes, it was compiled manually without using yum.
--also--
Thank you, for your time!
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I have an idea. What about uninstalling GNOME and Reinstalling it again?!?! or will it damage my system?

[ElderSnake]

No problem, though I think I read somewhere compiling it as root can lead to problems. I would at least try reinstalling gnome-shell itself as user.

Originally Posted by piopio

Yes, it was compiled manually without using yum.
--also--
Thank you, for your time!
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I have an idea. What about uninstalling GNOME and Reinstalling it again?!?! or will it damage my system?

did you get the building instructions from jhbuild over on gnome-shell site? if so i believe a few in the Ubuntu forum are having the same issue by building it.

---------- Post added at 06:58 PM GMT ---------- Previous post was at 06:57 PM GMT ----------

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...603874&page=21 you might get some ideas from that thread

---------- Post added at 07:00 PM GMT ---------- Previous post was at 06:58 PM GMT ----------

particularly look at this guys posts xtoudi