Bug#756111: gnome-shell: gnome shell not starting due to missing API after update
Giovanni Panepinto
gpanepinto at gmx.com
Sun Jul 27 00:52:11 UTC 2014
It was auto locked by aptitude during an upgrade. Was not appearing as on hold in the dpkg prompt.
I ran a dist-upgrade which pulled down version 3.12 and it seems stable now.
Thanks for the advice.
Regards,
Giovanni
> On 26 Jul 2014, at 23:30, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu at debian.org> wrote:
>
>> On 26/07/14 13:34, Giovanni P wrote:
>> Package: gnome-shell
>> Version: 3.4.2-11
>
> You need gnome-shell 3.12 with upower 0.99. We could add a Breaks to prevent
> this combination, but I wonder why you selectively upgraded one but not the other.
>
> Emilio
>
>> Severity: important
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> After the latest upgrade of the system (and gnome-shell), the following occurs:
>>
>> At startup, gnome-shell throws this error and doesn't start:
>>
>> JS ERROR: !!! Exception was: Error: No signal 'notify-resume' on object 'UpClient'
>>
>>
>> Chaging the line 168 of /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/dateMenu.js
>>
>> from
>>
>> // https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655129
>> this._upClient = new UPowerGlib.Client();
>> this._upClient.connect('notify-resume', Lang.bind(this, this._updateClockAndDate));
>> to
>>
>> // https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655129
>> this._upClient = new UPowerGlib.Client();
>> this._upClient.connect('notify::resume', Lang.bind(this, this._updateClockAndDate));
>>
>> works around the issue, and leads to this other error message:
>>
>> (gnome-shell:2073): Gvc-WARNING **: Failed to connect context: Connection refused
>> JS ERROR: !!! Exception was: TypeError: this._upClient.get_can_suspend is not a function
>> JS ERROR: !!! message = '"this._upClient.get_can_suspend is not a function"'
>> JS ERROR: !!! fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js"'
>> JS ERROR: !!! lineNumber = '582'
>> JS ERROR: !!! stack = '"()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js:582
>> wrapper()@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:204
>> ()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js:669
>> wrapper()@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:204
>> ()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js:492
>> wrapper()@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:204
>> start()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/main.js:234
>> @<main>:1
>> "'
>>
>> Seems like that API is gone, so i changed line 582 of /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js
>>
>> from
>>
>> this._haveSuspend = this._upClient.get_can_suspend();
>> to
>>
>> this._haveSuspend = false;
>>
>> in this way gnome-shell starts but I loose some functionalities in the suspend button.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- System Information:
>> Debian Release: jessie/sid
>> APT prefers unstable
>> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
>> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>>
>> Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
>> Locale: LANG=it_IT.utf8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>>
>> Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
>> ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.20.0-2
>> ii gconf-service 3.2.6-2
>> ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.37-2
>> ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.13-1
>> ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.10.8-2
>> ii gir1.2-folks-0.6 0.9.7.1-1
>> ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.40.0-2
>> ii gir1.2-gconf-2.0 3.2.6-2
>> ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.12.2-1
>> ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.6.0-1
>> ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.40.0-2
>> ii gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 3.8.0-2
>> ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.8.1-3
>> ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.12.2-1+b1
>> ii gir1.2-mutter-3.0 3.4.1-7+b1
>> ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.10.0-1
>> ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.36.3-1
>> ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-6.1
>> ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.46.0-2
>> ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.24.0-1
>> ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.8.0-3
>> ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.99.0-3
>> ii gjs 1.32.0-5+b1
>> ii gnome-bluetooth 3.8.1-3
>> ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.12.0-1
>> ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-6+b2
>> ii gnome-shell-common 3.4.2-11
>> ii gnome-themes-standard 3.12.0-1
>> ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.4.2-3
>> ii libatk1.0-0 2.12.0-1
>> ii libc6 2.19-7
>> ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.16-2
>> ii libcairo2 1.12.16-2
>> ii libcanberra0 0.30-2
>> ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.10.8-2
>> ii libcogl-pango0 1.10.2-7
>> ii libcogl9 1.10.2-7
>> ii libcroco3 0.6.8-2
>> ii libdbus-1-3 1.8.6-1
>> ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.102-1
>> ii libebook-1.2-13 3.4.4-4
>> ii libecal-1.2-11 3.4.4-4
>> ii libedataserver-1.2-16 3.4.4-4
>> ii libedataserverui-3.0-1 3.4.4-4
>> ii libfolks25 0.9.7.1-1
>> ii libgck-1-0 3.12.2-1
>> ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.6-2
>> ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.12.2-1
>> ii libgcr-ui-3-1 3.12.2-1
>> ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.30.7-1
>> ii libgee2 0.6.8-1
>> ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.40.0-2
>> ii libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0] 1.32.0-5+b1
>> ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 10.2.4-1
>> ii libglib2.0-0 2.40.0-3
>> ii libgnome-keyring0 3.4.1-1
>> ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.8.0-2
>> ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1.2
>> ii libgtk-3-0 3.12.2-1+b1
>> ii libical0 0.48-2
>> ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.0.2-1
>> ii libmozjs185-1.0 1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4+b1
>> ii libmutter0 3.4.1-7
>> ii libnm-glib4 0.9.10.0-1
>> ii libnm-util2 0.9.10.0-1
>> ii libnspr4 2:4.10.6-1
>> ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.10.6-1
>> ii libp11-kit0 0.20.2-5
>> ii libpango-1.0-0 1.36.3-1
>> ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.36.3-1
>> ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-6.1
>> ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-6.1
>> ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 5.0-2
>> ii libpulse0 5.0-2
>> ii libsoup2.4-1 2.46.0-2
>> ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-3
>> ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.24.0-1
>> ii libtelepathy-logger2 0.4.0-1
>> ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-2
>> ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.4-1
>> ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.4-2
>> ii libxext6 2:1.3.2-1
>> ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.1-2
>> ii libxi6 2:1.7.2-1
>> ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-4
>> ii python 2.7.8-1
>> ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.16.2-1
>>
>> Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
>> pn gkbd-capplet <none>
>> pn gnome-contacts <none>
>> ii gnome-control-center 1:3.4.3.1-5+b1
>> pn gnome-session-fallback <none>
>> ii gnome-user-guide 3.12.2-1
>> ii unzip 6.0-12
>>
>> gnome-shell suggests no packages.
>>
>> -- no debconf information
>>
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