Hello Gnome 3 will not allow me to log in with my Xinerama setup. Gdm starts up just fine, but after entering my password it immediately says 'Failed to load session gnome' and I get logged out. ~/.xsession-errors: /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... localuser:cesko being added to access control list which: no keychain in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.3:/usr/games/bin:/opt/vmware/bin) /etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- gnome-session gnome-session[5121]: WARNING: Session 'gnome' runnable check failed: Exited with code 1 gnome-session[5121]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider 'notification-daemon' of required provider 'notifications' xorg.conf: Section "Device" Identifier "RightCard" Driver "ati" Option "Monitor-VGA-0" "RightMonitor" Option "DynamicPM" "true" BusID "PCI:01:00:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "LeftCard" Driver "intel" Option "Monitor-HDMI-3" "LeftMonitor" BusID "PCI:00:02:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "RightMonitor" VendorName "CTX" Option "Enable" "true" Option "Primary" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "LeftMonitor" VendorName "SAM" Option "Enable" "true" Option "Primary" "false" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "LeftScreen" Device "LeftCard" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "RightScreen" Device "RightCard" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "BOTHSCREENS" Screen 0 "RightScreen" Screen 1 "LeftScreen" LeftOf "RightScreen" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontZap" "false" Option "DefaultServerLayout" "BOTH_SCREENS" EndSection /etc/portage/package.unmask: gnome-base/gnome-session net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth gnome-base/gnome-control-center x11-wm/mutter gnome-base/libgnomekbd gnome-base/gnome-shell gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon gnome-base/nautilus dev-python/pygobject dev-libs/gobject-introspection gnome-extra/gnome-tweak-tool gnome-base/gnome-menus net-libs/gnome-online-accounts gnome-extra/sushi app-text/evince 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ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Please re-emerge gnome-base/gnome-session with debug USE flag enabled, try to log in again, and attach the resulting ~/.xsession-errors
~/.xsession-errors is exactly the same. The cause may be this: >>> Completed installing gnome-session-3.2.1 into /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-session-3.2.1/image/ * QA Notice: Unrecognized configure options: * * configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-debug, --disable-gtk-doc * configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-debug, --disable-gtk-doc
(In reply to comment #2) > ~/.xsession-errors is exactly the same. I apologize, I had given you out of date instructions. The correct instructions are: please edit (as root) /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop and change the line Exec=gnome-session to Exec=gnome-session --debug and post attach your ~/.xsession-errors after trying to log in. Note: you probably will want to switch back to "Exec=gnome-session" after you get gnome-shell working, because in --debug mode .xsession-errors can grow rather large. > * configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-debug, >--disable-gtk-doc The unrecognized "--enable-debug" is an error in the ebuild; thanks for reporting it (it has now been fixed). The unrecognized "--disable-gtk-doc" is an old misfeature in gnome2.eclass and nothing to worry about (bug #262491, if you are curious).
That worked :-) /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... localuser:cesko being added to access control list which: no keychain in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.3:/usr/games/bin:/opt/vmware/bin) /etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- gnome-session --debug gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Enabling debugging gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmXsmpServer: SESSION_MANAGER=local/pc-van-cesko:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/9302,unix/pc-van-cesko:/tmp/.ICE-unix/9302 gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmShell: Not connected to the shell gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: setting client store 0x2659320 gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 1: signum=4 (nil) gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 4 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 2: signum=7 (nil) gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 7 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 3: signum=11 (nil) gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 11 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 4: signum=6 (nil) gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 6 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 5: signum=5 (nil) gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 5 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 6: signum=8 0x41d260 gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 8 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 7: signum=1 0x41d260 gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 1 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 8: signum=10 0x41d260 gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 10 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 9: signum=15 0x41d260 gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 15 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 10: signum=2 0x41d260 gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 2 signals gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Getting session 'gnome' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /home/cesko/.config/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/home/cesko/.config/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session': non-existing or invalid file. gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /etc/xdg/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/etc/xdg/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session': non-existing or invalid file. gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/share/gnome/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/usr/share/gnome/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session': non-existing or invalid file. gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/local/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/usr/local/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session': non-existing or invalid file. gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Launching helper '/usr/libexec/gnome-session-check-accelerated' to know if session is runnable gnome-session[9302]: WARNING: Session 'gnome' runnable check failed: Geëindigd met code 1 gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Session is not runnable gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Getting session 'gnome-fallback' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /home/cesko/.config/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/home/cesko/.config/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session': non-existing or invalid file. gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /etc/xdg/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/etc/xdg/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session': non-existing or invalid file. gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/share/gnome/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/usr/share/gnome/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session': non-existing or invalid file. gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/local/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/usr/local/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session': non-existing or invalid file. gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-fallback.session is a valid session file gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Checking required components and providers gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: provider 'windowmanager' looking for component: 'metacity' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'metacity.desktop' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/cesko/.config/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/cesko/.local/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: found in XDG dirs: '/usr/share/applications/metacity.desktop' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: provider 'notifications' looking for component: 'notification-daemon' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'notification-daemon.desktop' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/cesko/.config/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/cesko/.local/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/applications' gnome-session[9302]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider 'notification-daemon' of required provider 'notifications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'gnome-panel.desktop' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/cesko/.config/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/cesko/.local/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: found in XDG dirs: '/usr/share/applications/gnome-panel.desktop' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/cesko/.config/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/cesko/.local/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/applications' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: found in XDG dirs: '/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Done checking required components and providers gnome-session[9302]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Session is not runnable
OK, now it's clear what is happening. gnome-session first tries to check whether to start standard mode; however, it determines that your system's opengl support is not good enough to run gnome-shell, and therefore stops. gnome-session then tries to start fallback mode. However, it appears that you had emerged gnome-base/gnome with USE=-fallback, so at least one of the dependencies needed for fallback mode (e.g. >=x11-misc/notification-daemon-0.7) are missing. As a result, gnome-session fails to start anything, and returns you back to gdm. ---- What you need to do: 1. emerge gnome-base/gnome with the fallback USE flag enabled (or just emerge gnome-base/gnome-fallback). 2. from a terminal in gnome's fallback mode, run the following command: /usr/libexec/gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper It should print an error message which will explain why gnome-shell cannot run on your system.
There we are: gnome-session-is-accelerated: Zaphod mode not supported. So I guess this is a missing feature in gnome-session... so should I mark this bug as 'enhancement' then?
This means the specific way you set Xorg xinerama is not supported by gnome-shell. I guess there is already a bug report upstream that should explain why this is not supported and maybe provide a patch.
I've reported this upstream (I couldn't find any existing bug reports on my issue): https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665061 Thank you very much for all your help!
(In reply to comment #6) > There we are: > gnome-session-is-accelerated: Zaphod mode not supported. > > So I guess this is a missing feature in gnome-session... so should I mark this > bug as 'enhancement' then? Unfortunately, "Zaphod mode" (meaning dualhead configurations with multiple Device sections in xorg.conf) are considered to be fundamentally incompatible with gnome-shell (see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=651799), probably because such configurations have problems with hardware opengl acceleration across screens. This is unlikely to change without rewriting core parts of gnome-shell. The best we can do is document this fact so that other users will be aware of it. RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/desktop/gnome/howtos/gnome-3.2-upgrade.xml,v retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.6 gnome-3.2-upgrade.xml --- gnome-3.2-upgrade.xml 27 Nov 2011 05:07:01 -0000 1.6 +++ gnome-3.2-upgrade.xml 28 Nov 2011 16:30:23 -0000 @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>0.2.4</version> -<date>2011-11-27</date> +<version>0.2.5</version> +<date>2011-11-28</date> <chapter> <title>Changes</title> @@ -393,6 +393,21 @@ </p> </body> </section> + +<section> +<title>Dualhead configurations</title> + +<body> +<p> +As reported in <uri link="https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=392013">bug +#392013</uri>, GNOME Shell will refuse to start under "Zaphod mode" dualhead +configurations (i.e. the configurations where multiple <e>Device</e> sections in +<path>xorg.conf</path>). If you are using such a dualhead configuration, you +will only be able to use fallback mode. +</p> +</body> +</section> + </chapter> <chapter>
