Bug#712139: not starting: No signal 'modifiers-accelerator-activated' on object 'MetaDisplay'"

[Guido Günther]

Hi,
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 02:40:57PM +0200, Julien Danjou wrote:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.8.3-1
> Severity: grave
> Tags: patch
> 
> I've upgraded to 3.8.3-1 and gnome-shell stopped starting with the folling
> error:
>   JS LOG: IBus version is too old 
> JS ERROR: !!!   Exception in callback for signal: sessions-loaded 
> JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"No signal 'modifiers-accelerator-activated' on object 'MetaDisplay'"' 
> JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/status/keyboard.js"' 
> JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '393' 
> JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"([object Object])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/status/keyboard.js:393 
> 
> Problem solved after upgrading libmutter and mutter-common to 3.8.3-1. The
> dependency should be tighten.

I had the same problem and only a black screen after logging in here and
updating mutter to 3.8.3-1 solved the problem for me too.
Cheers,
 -- Guido