Bug#646215: gnome-shell doesn't seem to start

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Sat Oct 22 10:39:21 UTC 2011


Am 22.10.2011 12:18, schrieb Anthony Bourguignon:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.0.2-5
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Hello,
> 
> After a dist-upgrade on my sid yesterday (sadly, I don't remember which packages), gnome-shell doesn't seem to start anymore. I log in throught gdm3. The prompt disappears and then nothing happens. I'm just stucked with the background image, nothing else.
> 
> If I wait for a little while, the gnome "Ooops" message shows.
> 

Is the fallback mode then started correctly?
You should get that error message if you hardware does not support
gnome-shell (which requires 3D and certain extensions)


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