Gnome Shell's (python) init script imports gconf module in restore_gnome(). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: gnome-shell: 554 555 def restore_gnome(): 556 # Do imports lazily to save time and memory 557 import gio 558 import gconf 559 Shell killed with signal 11 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 776, in <module> restore_gnome() File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 558, in restore_gnome import gconf ImportError: No module named gconf
This is now fixed, thanks for reporting!