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Bug 780594

Summary: gnome-base/gnome-shell start fails
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: imese
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO    
Severity: normal CC: jstein
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description imese 2021-04-06 13:58:41 UTC 
issue 'startx'
gnome partially starts.
'oh no something happened' (paraphrase} message appears. gnome-shell hasn't started.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.startx
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
gnome-terminal starts and whatever startup apps are desired. However there are no gnome functions avaiable. Only one app has the focus, no task bar. Nothing else.

Expected Results:  
gnome should startup normally and all gnome functions should be available
Comment 1 imese 2021-04-06 14:00:58 UTC 
Portage 3.0.18 (python 3.7.10-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib, gcc-10.2.0, glibc-2.33, 5.11.10 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-5.11.10-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-6500U_CPU_@_2.50GHz-with-gentoo-2.7
KiB Mem:    16261972 total,  14888100 free
KiB Swap:   14648316 total,  14648316 free
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:50:11 +0000
Head commit of repository gentoo: 241c5a0c0e8ea1bd449d09c1112a6834e2dbf078

sh bash 5.1_p4
ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.35.2 p1) 2.35.2
app-shells/bash:          5.1_p4::gentoo
dev-java/java-config:     2.3.1::gentoo
dev-lang/perl:            5.32.1::gentoo
dev-lang/python:          2.7.18_p8::gentoo, 3.7.10_p1::gentoo, 3.8.9::gentoo, 3.9.4::gentoo
dev-lang/rust:            1.51.0::gentoo
dev-util/cmake:           3.20.0::gentoo
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.29.2::gentoo
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.7-r1::gentoo
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.22::gentoo
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13-r1::gentoo, 2.69-r5::gentoo, 2.71::gentoo
sys-devel/automake:       1.13.4-r2::gentoo, 1.16.3-r1::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils:       2.35.2::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc:            10.2.0-r5::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc-config:     2.4::gentoo
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.6-r6::gentoo
sys-devel/make:           4.3::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 5.11::gentoo (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.33::gentoo
Repositories:

gentoo
    location: /usr/portage
    sync-type: git
    sync-uri: https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git
    priority: -1000

local
    location: /usr/local/portage
    masters: gentoo

pentoo
    location: /var/lib/layman/pentoo
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

rust
    location: /var/lib/layman/rust
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

waebbl
    location: /var/lib/layman/waebbl
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -flto=4 -fuse-linker-plugin -fomit-frame-pointer -ftree-vectorize -floop-interchange -ftree-loop-distribution -floop-strip-mine -floop-block"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -flto=4 -fuse-linker-plugin -fomit-frame-pointer -ftree-vectorize -floop-interchange -ftree-loop-distribution -floop-strip-mine -floop-block"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
ENV_UNSET="CARGO_HOME DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY GOBIN GOPATH PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-sync multilib-strict network-sandbox news parallel-fetch pid-sandbox preserve-libs protect-owned qa-unresolved-soname-deps sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="en_US.utf8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j4"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bluetooth bluray branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cdr clang cleartype cli colord corefonts crypt cups dbus dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif ffmpeg fits flac fortran fuse gdbm gif gimp gnome gnome-keyring gnome-online-accounts gphoto2 gpm graphite gstreamer gtk gui hpcups iconv icu introspection ipv6 jpeg lcms libglvnd libnotify libsecret libtirpc lto mad mng mp3 mp4 mpeg mtp nautilus ncurses networkmanager nfs nls nptl ocr ogg opengl openmp opus pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pulseaudio qt5 readline scanner sdl seccomp spell split-usr ssl startup-notification svg sysprof systemd tcpd tiff tracker truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis vulkan wayland wxwidgets x264 xattr xcb xml xsane xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gnat_2018" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx avx2 fma3 mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 f16c" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput wacom" KERNEL="linux" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1" LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php7-3 php7-4" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres10 postgres11" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby25 ruby26 ruby27 ruby30" SANE_BACKENDS="hp net" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965 fbdev void"
Unset:  CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, RUSTFLAGS
Comment 2 imese 2021-04-06 14:06:15 UTC 
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Apr 06 08:08:38 go dbus-daemon[504]: [session uid=1000 pid=502] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.9' (uid=1000 pid=497 comm="/usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary " label="kernel")
Apr 06 08:08:38 go dbus-daemon[504]: [session uid=1000 pid=502] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-session[497]: gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file z-displaycal-apply-profiles.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file z-displaycal-apply-profiles.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-keyring-daemon[557]: couldn't access control socket: /run/user/1000/keyring/control: No such file or directory
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-keyring-daemon[560]: couldn't access control socket: /run/user/1000/keyring/control: No such file or directory
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-keyring-d[557]: couldn't access control socket: /run/user/1000/keyring/control: No such file or directory
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-keyring-d[560]: couldn't access control socket: /run/user/1000/keyring/control: No such file or directory
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-keyring-daemon[559]: couldn't access control socket: /run/user/1000/keyring/control: No such file or directory
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-keyring-d[559]: couldn't access control socket: /run/user/1000/keyring/control: No such file or directory
Apr 06 08:08:38 go dbus-daemon[504]: [session uid=1000 pid=502] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.9' (uid=1000 pid=497 comm="/usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary " label="kernel")
Apr 06 08:08:38 go dbus-daemon[504]: [session uid=1000 pid=502] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop[560]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-keyring-secrets.desktop[559]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-shell[569]: Skipping parental controls support as it’s disabled
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-shell[569]: JS ERROR: GLib.Error g-invoke-error-quark: Could not locate g_time_zone_new_identifier: 'g_time_zone_new_identifier': /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_time_zone_new_identifier
                                     init/Date.prototype.toLocaleFormat@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/environment.js:359:13
                                     _buildHeader@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/calendar.js:497:42
                                     _init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/calendar.js:415:14
                                     _init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:823:26
                                     _ensureIndicator@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1070:25
                                     _updateBox@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1081:34
                                     _updatePanel@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1026:14
                                     _init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:836:14
                                     _initializeUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:218:13
                                     start@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:159:5
                                     @<main>:1:47
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-shell[569]: Execution of main.js threw exception: Script <main> threw an exception
Apr 06 08:08:38 go gnome-shell[569]: Finalizing wrapper for an already freed object of type: St.Button
Apr 06 08:08:38 go org.gnome.Shell.desktop[569]: == Stack trace for context 0x55ae59c2f1d0 ==
Apr 06 08:08:38 go dbus-daemon[504]: [session uid=1000 pid=502] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.IBus' requested by ':1.14' (uid=1000 pid=583 comm="ibus-daemon --panel disable --xim " label="kernel")
Apr 06 08:08:38 go dbus-daemon[504]: [session uid=1000 pid=502] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.IBus'
Apr 06 08:08:38 go org.a11y.Bus[520]: dbus-daemon[520]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry' requested by ':1.3' (uid=1000 pid=591 comm="/usr/libexec/ibus-x11 --kill-daemon " label="kernel")
Apr 06 08:08:38 go org.a11y.Bus[520]: dbus-daemon[520]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Apr 06 08:08:38 go org.a11y.Bus[608]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
Apr 06 08:08:39 go systemd-coredump[597]: Process 569 (gnome-shell) of user 1000 dumped core.
Apr 06 08:08:39 go gnome-session[497]: gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Apr 06 08:08:39 go gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Apr 06 08:08:39 go gnome-shell[617]: Skipping parental controls support as it’s disabled
Apr 06 08:08:39 go gnome-shell[617]: JS ERROR: GLib.Error g-invoke-error-quark: Could not locate g_time_zone_new_identifier: 'g_time_zone_new_identifier': /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_time_zone_new_identifier
                                     init/Date.prototype.toLocaleFormat@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/environment.js:359:13
                                     _buildHeader@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/calendar.js:497:42
                                     _init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/calendar.js:415:14
                                     _init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:823:26
                                     _ensureIndicator@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1070:25
                                     _updateBox@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1081:34
                                     _updatePanel@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1026:14
                                     _init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:836:14
                                     _initializeUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:218:13
                                     start@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:159:5
                                     @<main>:1:47
Apr 06 08:08:39 go gnome-shell[617]: Execution of main.js threw exception: Script <main> threw an exception
Apr 06 08:08:39 go dbus-daemon[504]: [session uid=1000 pid=502] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.IBus' requested by ':1.21' (uid=1000 pid=632 comm="ibus-daemon --panel disable --xim " label="kernel")
Apr 06 08:08:39 go gnome-shell[617]: Finalizing wrapper for an already freed object of type: St.Button
Apr 06 08:08:39 go org.gnome.Shell.desktop[617]: == Stack trace for context 0x563ba9b371d0 ==
Apr 06 08:08:39 go dbus-daemon[504]: [session uid=1000 pid=502] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.IBus'
Apr 06 08:08:40 go systemd-coredump[649]: Process 617 (gnome-shell) of user 1000 dumped core.
Apr 06 08:08:40 go gnome-session-binary[497]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.Shell.desktop
Apr 06 08:08:40 go gnome-session[497]: gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Apr 06 08:08:40 go gnome-session[497]: gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Apr 06 08:08:40 go gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Apr 06 08:08:40 go gnome-session-binary[497]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Apr 06 08:08:40 go gsd-usb-protect[662]: Failed to get screen saver status: Cannot invoke method; proxy is for the well-known name org.gnome.ScreenSaver without an owner, and proxy was constructed with the G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_AUTO_START flag
Apr 06 08:08:40 go gsd-usb-protect[662]: Failed to fetch USBGuard parameters: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.usbguard1 was not provided by any .service files
Apr 06 08:08:40 go gsd-xsettings[680]: Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist
Comment 3 imese 2021-04-06 14:08:19 UTC 
forum thread:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1133031-highlight-.html
Comment 4 imese 2021-04-06 14:10:41 UTC 
pertinent link:
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-libs/glib
Comment 5 Jonas Stein gentoo-dev 2021-04-10 21:33:06 UTC 
which versions of gnome-base/gnome-shell did you try?

Thank you for the report. We need to have all information at hand before ticket assignment. That is why I ask you to 
* attach the logs and 
* paste the emerge info 
as described on https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Attach_the_logs_to_the_bug_ticket

Please reopen this ticket (Status:UNCONFIRMED) afterwards.