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[SOLVED] Gnome crashes on startup

The installation of the gnome package proceeds without any errors, but the environment crashes after logging in with the message:

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Oh no! Something has gone wrong

The archwiki recommendation of deleting files in the ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session directory or turning off the auto-save session feature doesn't work for me.

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #1

lol,

now only systemd is missing in the repos and the artix project is exactly where it was 7 years ago.
"Wer alles kann, macht nichts richtig"

Artix USE="runit openrc slim openbox lxde gtk2 qt4 qt5 qt6 conky
-gtk3 -gtk4 -adwaita{cursors,themes,icons} -gnome3 -kde -plasma -wayland "

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #2
If you can help me, help me. If not, refrain from empty flooding.

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #3
If you can help me, help me. If not, refrain from empty flooding.

“Does not work / Something has gone wrong” is definitely not a useful error description.

I can only advise against Gnome and KDE, is that enough help for you?
"Wer alles kann, macht nichts richtig"

Artix USE="runit openrc slim openbox lxde gtk2 qt4 qt5 qt6 conky
-gtk3 -gtk4 -adwaita{cursors,themes,icons} -gnome3 -kde -plasma -wayland "

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #4
- Doctor, when I do this, it hurts here.
- Don’t do that.

What should I use? Although Linux has a large choice between environments, it is essentially a choice between different types of garbage.

Maybe it’s better to spend 10,000 years setting up some wm that has even more bugs?

Or maybe install windows right away, which I can’t stand? What?

AGAIN: YOU CAN HELP, HELP! YOU CAN'T, DON'T FLOOD!

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #5
KDE works fine on Artix.
Gnome tends to be very tightly wound around systemd so from what I remember can be a challenge to get working on systemd free systems. Not that I'd bother trying myself as I find it repulsive.

But if you like and want gnome, as you are perfectly entitled to, then some more of the surrounding output around
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Oh no! Something has gone wrong
could be useful as could other details and logs.
For instance X or wayland ? What display manager if any?

The two facts that you installed Gnome and got the error message provided ,without context, is not a lot to go on.

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #6
KDE works fine on Artix.
Gnome tends to be very tightly wound around systemd so from what I remember can be a challenge to get working on systemd free systems. Not that I'd bother trying myself as I find it repulsive.

LOL - I took that both ways as in finding both systemd and gnome being repulsive - and I tend to agree in both cases.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #7
I did not know that Artix has gnome, there is no ISO.
Is it actually supported?

If you wanted to use gnome you could try cinnamon which was originally based on GNOME 3, but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions.

I never tried it on Artix but I'd recommend it.
I use a standalone WM that needs some configuration.

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #8
Of course Gnome is supported. iso or not doesn't matter. You can simply look at the package repos and find mutter, gnome-shell, etc. Anyways as for OP, I tried gnome wayland and gnome x11 just now and both worked fine for me. You'll need to provide some actual meaningful log information if you want further help.

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #9
Dudemanguy, Do you need information from a specific log? Which one?

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ls /var/log/

audit       dinit           lxdm.log      pacman.log  wtmp
auth.log    errors.log      lxdm.log.old  README      Xorg.0.log
btmp        everything.log  messages.log  syslog.log  Xorg.0.log.old
daemon.log  kernel.log      old           user.log

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #10
Do you need information from a specific log? Which one?

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ls /var/log/

audit       dinit           lxdm.log      pacman.log  wtmp
auth.log    errors.log      lxdm.log.old  README      Xorg.0.log
btmp        everything.log  messages.log  syslog.log  Xorg.0.log.old
daemon.log  kernel.log      old           user.log

I was going to post something then realized is was systemd related. Jeez.
I suppose starting with dmesg might be a place to start looking
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious


Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #12
I suppose starting with dmesg might be a place to start looking
The dmesg only has information about disabling the nvidia discrete graphics card I was configuring. Nothing else.

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #13
You could check everything.log (system log) and Xorg.0.log (for X).

Re: Gnome crashes on startup

Reply #14
You could check everything.log (system log) and Xorg.0.log (for X).


everything.log

Xorg.0.log

I don’t understand... Judging by the log, he complains about systemd, but the priority of the artix repositories is higher than that of arch in pacman.conf.

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#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
IgnorePkg   = intellij-idea-community-edition
#gstreamer
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#NoProgressBar
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 5

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Artix Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate artix`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The gremlins repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

# Artix
#[gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[system]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[world]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[galaxy-gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[galaxy]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the lib32 repositories as required here.

#[lib32-gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[lib32]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# Arch
[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

#[community]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs


[universe]
Server = https://universe.artixlinux.org/$arch
Server = https://mirror1.artixlinux.org/universe/$arch
Server = https://mirror.pascalpuffke.de/artix-universe/$arch
Server = https://artixlinux.qontinuum.space/artixlinux/universe/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror1.cl.netactuate.com/artix/universe/$arch
Server = https://ftp.crifo.org/artix-universe/$arch
Server = https://artix.sakamoto.pl/universe/$arch

Also, there are posts about elogind, but I need seatd to run sway.