Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

Question

Hello,
I just rebooted my laptop after a few weeks for the first time. I installed
numerous updates during that time.
When gdm loads it crashes and I get the "We encountered an error" picture
with the sad computer smily. I tired booting into runlevel 3 and used startx but I
ended up with the same problem. Disabeling both Gnome Shell Extersions
didn't work.
Where exactly is the log for Gnome-Shell and all that so that I can post it here?
I quickly installed basic xfce4 which works fine so the graphics driver which
was updated seems to work ok.
Regards,
blackout23
Last edited by blackout23 (2012-05-04 10:30:33)

Answer 1

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
X.Org X Server 1.12.0.902 (1.12.1 RC 2)
Release Date: 2012-04-09
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.3.1-1-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux archhost 3.3.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 3 14:43:38 UTC 2012 i686
Kernel command line: initrd=/initramfs-linux.img vga=773 init=/bin/systemd elevator=deadline root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/e002244a-9bc9-4641-b98f-3a30f2e23c1b rootflags=,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered rootfstype=ext4 ro 3 BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux
Build Date: 10 April 2012 03:53:47PM
Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Apr 12 23:03:18 2012
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
gnome-session[425]: EggSMClient-WARNING: Desktop file '/home/tim/.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop' has malformed Icon key 'dropbox.png'(should not include extension)
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-tips-autostart.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-tips-autostart.desktop
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfconf-migration-4.6.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfconf-migration-4.6.desktop
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=451
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh/gpg:0:1
=== auto configure Configuration ===
Clone: false
Output: Unbekannt attached to default
status: on
width: 1280
height: 800
rate: 50
primary: false
position: 0 0
=== Applying Configuration Configuration ===
Clone: false
Output: Unbekannt attached to default
status: on
width: 1280
height: 800
rate: 50
primary: true
position: 0 0
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {4b708eed59e5d87e14672be2000000ed}unix:/home/tim/.pulse/4b708eed59e5d87e14672be2000000ed-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper.
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Compat map for group 2 redefined
> Using new definition
> Warning: Compat map for group 3 redefined
> Using new definition
> Warning: Compat map for group 4 redefined
> Using new definition
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
MCS->Xfconf settings migration complete
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
sh: cower: Kommando nicht gefunden.
(gnome-settings-daemon:448): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output
(gnome-shell:525): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:310: Setting primary store IDs to defaults.
(gnome-shell:525): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:338: Primary store IDs are 'eds' and 'system'.
JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Thu Apr 12 2012 23:03:25 GMT+0200 (CEST)
(gnome-shell:525): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_client_new: Cannot get book from factory: Invalid source
(gnome-shell:525): folks-WARNING **: Failed to find primary PersonaStore with type ID 'eds' and ID 'system'.
Individuals will not be linked properly and creating new links between Personas will not work.
The configured primary PersonaStore's backend may not be installed. If you are unsure, check with your distribution.
(gnome-shell:525): folks-WARNING **: Fehler beim Vorbereiten des Personenspeichers »eds:1295725027.5764.22@tim-HP-Pavilion-dv6000«: Adressbuch »1295725027.5764.22@tim-HP-Pavilion-dv6000« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: Invalid source
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
Fensterverwalter-Warnung:CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus window may not be correct.
Fensterverwalter-Warnung:Got a request to focus the no_focus_window with a timestamp of 0. This shouldn't happen!
gnome-shell-calendar-server[607]: Got HUP on stdin - exiting
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Compat map for group 2 redefined
> Using new definition
> Warning: Compat map for group 3 redefined
> Using new definition
> Warning: Compat map for group 4 redefined
> Using new definition
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(gnome-shell:669): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:310: Setting primary store IDs to defaults.
(gnome-shell:669): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:338: Primary store IDs are 'eds' and 'system'.
JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Thu Apr 12 2012 23:03:28 GMT+0200 (CEST)
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
(gnome-shell:669): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_client_new: Cannot get book from factory: Invalid source
(gnome-shell:669): folks-WARNING **: Failed to find primary PersonaStore with type ID 'eds' and ID 'system'.
Individuals will not be linked properly and creating new links between Personas will not work.
The configured primary PersonaStore's backend may not be installed. If you are unsure, check with your distribution.
(gnome-shell:669): folks-WARNING **: Fehler beim Vorbereiten des Personenspeichers »eds:1295725027.5764.22@tim-HP-Pavilion-dv6000«: Adressbuch »1295725027.5764.22@tim-HP-Pavilion-dv6000« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: Invalid source
(gnome-shell:669): folks-WARNING **: Fehler beim Vorbereiten des Personenspeichers »eds:1330645118.2631.0@archhost«: Adressbuch »1330645118.2631.0@archhost« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: Cannot open book: Cannot process, book backend is opening
(dropbox:540): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
gnome-shell-calendar-server[694]: Got HUP on stdin - exiting
** (process:518): DEBUG: Exiting gsd-printer
(gnome-settings-daemon:448): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
[1334264602,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] The backend does not require manual layout management - but it is provided by the application
xinit: connection to X server lost
waiting for X server to shut down Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
Someone on IRC told me that it has to do with my Addressbook on Evolution. We tried some things with gconf-editor (deleting sources) and primary addressbook but that didn't help