How do I fix “Oh no! Something has gone wrong.” (gdm3 fails to start)
The machine was running Debian wheezy and was recently upgraded to Jessie. Everything has worked fine for some time. However, after a reboot today the desktop won't load.
/var/log/messages shows gnome-shell: segfault at 0 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.0
I have tried reinstalling gnome-shell, gnome-session, gdm3, and libupower to no avail.
(Sorry about the formatting, I'm on a phone.)
xorg gnome3 debian-jessie
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The machine was running Debian wheezy and was recently upgraded to Jessie. Everything has worked fine for some time. However, after a reboot today the desktop won't load.
/var/log/messages shows gnome-shell: segfault at 0 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.0
I have tried reinstalling gnome-shell, gnome-session, gdm3, and libupower to no avail.
(Sorry about the formatting, I'm on a phone.)
xorg gnome3 debian-jessie
edited May 20 '15 at 20:08
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The machine was running Debian wheezy and was recently upgraded to Jessie. Everything has worked fine for some time. However, after a reboot today the desktop won't load.
/var/log/messages shows gnome-shell: segfault at 0 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.0
I have tried reinstalling gnome-shell, gnome-session, gdm3, and libupower to no avail.
(Sorry about the formatting, I'm on a phone.)
xorg gnome3 debian-jessie
edited May 20 '15 at 20:08
JakeGould
32.2k1098141
asked May 20 '15 at 20:02
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The machine was running Debian wheezy and was recently upgraded to Jessie. Everything has worked fine for some time. However, after a reboot today the desktop won't load.
/var/log/messages shows gnome-shell: segfault at 0 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.0
I have tried reinstalling gnome-shell, gnome-session, gdm3, and libupower to no avail.
(Sorry about the formatting, I'm on a phone.)
xorg gnome3 debian-jessie
xorg gnome3 debian-jessie
edited May 20 '15 at 20:08
JakeGould
32.2k1098141
asked May 20 '15 at 20:02
user1794469user1794469
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edited May 20 '15 at 20:08
JakeGould
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asked May 20 '15 at 20:02
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edited May 20 '15 at 20:08
JakeGould
32.2k1098141
edited May 20 '15 at 20:08
JakeGould
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edited May 20 '15 at 20:08
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I have the same problem. I solved the problem by following these steps:
Reboot your system.
Press Ctrl + Alt +F4 and type startx
Open the terminal and remove gnome desktop
apt-get remove gnome-session
apt-get autoremove
I have KDE desktop installed , to reconfigure kdm i am using the following command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm
and choose kdm
Next step reboot and reinstall gnome desktop.
answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:05
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Interestingly enough, I found my own question when I broke my system in a similar way. I'm not sure exactly how I did it, the last thing I installed was the terminal emulator terminator but I haven't rebooted my machine for quite some time so there may have been more relevant changes that I have forgotten about.
To get out of the white screen of death I forcefully removed all the gnome packages:
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1`
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f 1`
This leaves the system in a very broken state. However, I then installed gnome and many (all?) of the other dependencies:
aptitude install task-gnome-desktop
The first couple options to resolve the package conflicts involved aptitude removing most or all of the packages that had unmet dependencies. I cycled through a few other options until I got one that wasn't going to remove anything but rather just install the missing packages which was about 20 more.
The only thing that seems to still be broken is that the expand/collapse buttons for threads in Thunderbird are missing.
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I have the same problem. I solved the problem by following these steps:
Reboot your system.
Press Ctrl + Alt +F4 and type startx
Open the terminal and remove gnome desktop
apt-get remove gnome-session
apt-get autoremove
I have KDE desktop installed , to reconfigure kdm i am using the following command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm
and choose kdm
Next step reboot and reinstall gnome desktop.
answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:05
GAD3RGAD3R
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add a comment |
I have the same problem. I solved the problem by following these steps:
Reboot your system.
Press Ctrl + Alt +F4 and type startx
Open the terminal and remove gnome desktop
apt-get remove gnome-session
apt-get autoremove
I have KDE desktop installed , to reconfigure kdm i am using the following command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm
and choose kdm
Next step reboot and reinstall gnome desktop.
answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:05
GAD3RGAD3R
2,4421226
add a comment |
I have the same problem. I solved the problem by following these steps:
Reboot your system.
Press Ctrl + Alt +F4 and type startx
Open the terminal and remove gnome desktop
apt-get remove gnome-session
apt-get autoremove
I have KDE desktop installed , to reconfigure kdm i am using the following command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm
and choose kdm
Next step reboot and reinstall gnome desktop.
answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:05
GAD3RGAD3R
2,4421226
I have the same problem. I solved the problem by following these steps:
Reboot your system.
Press Ctrl + Alt +F4 and type startx
Open the terminal and remove gnome desktop
apt-get remove gnome-session
apt-get autoremove
I have KDE desktop installed , to reconfigure kdm i am using the following command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm
and choose kdm
Next step reboot and reinstall gnome desktop.
answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:05
GAD3RGAD3R
2,4421226
answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:05
GAD3RGAD3R
2,4421226
answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:05
GAD3RGAD3R
2,4421226
answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:05
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Interestingly enough, I found my own question when I broke my system in a similar way. I'm not sure exactly how I did it, the last thing I installed was the terminal emulator terminator but I haven't rebooted my machine for quite some time so there may have been more relevant changes that I have forgotten about.
To get out of the white screen of death I forcefully removed all the gnome packages:
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1`
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f 1`
This leaves the system in a very broken state. However, I then installed gnome and many (all?) of the other dependencies:
aptitude install task-gnome-desktop
The first couple options to resolve the package conflicts involved aptitude removing most or all of the packages that had unmet dependencies. I cycled through a few other options until I got one that wasn't going to remove anything but rather just install the missing packages which was about 20 more.
The only thing that seems to still be broken is that the expand/collapse buttons for threads in Thunderbird are missing.
answered Jan 10 at 18:56
user1794469user1794469
171211
add a comment |
Interestingly enough, I found my own question when I broke my system in a similar way. I'm not sure exactly how I did it, the last thing I installed was the terminal emulator terminator but I haven't rebooted my machine for quite some time so there may have been more relevant changes that I have forgotten about.
To get out of the white screen of death I forcefully removed all the gnome packages:
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1`
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f 1`
This leaves the system in a very broken state. However, I then installed gnome and many (all?) of the other dependencies:
aptitude install task-gnome-desktop
The first couple options to resolve the package conflicts involved aptitude removing most or all of the packages that had unmet dependencies. I cycled through a few other options until I got one that wasn't going to remove anything but rather just install the missing packages which was about 20 more.
The only thing that seems to still be broken is that the expand/collapse buttons for threads in Thunderbird are missing.
answered Jan 10 at 18:56
user1794469user1794469
171211
add a comment |
Interestingly enough, I found my own question when I broke my system in a similar way. I'm not sure exactly how I did it, the last thing I installed was the terminal emulator terminator but I haven't rebooted my machine for quite some time so there may have been more relevant changes that I have forgotten about.
To get out of the white screen of death I forcefully removed all the gnome packages:
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1`
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f 1`
This leaves the system in a very broken state. However, I then installed gnome and many (all?) of the other dependencies:
aptitude install task-gnome-desktop
The first couple options to resolve the package conflicts involved aptitude removing most or all of the packages that had unmet dependencies. I cycled through a few other options until I got one that wasn't going to remove anything but rather just install the missing packages which was about 20 more.
The only thing that seems to still be broken is that the expand/collapse buttons for threads in Thunderbird are missing.
answered Jan 10 at 18:56
user1794469user1794469
171211
Interestingly enough, I found my own question when I broke my system in a similar way. I'm not sure exactly how I did it, the last thing I installed was the terminal emulator terminator but I haven't rebooted my machine for quite some time so there may have been more relevant changes that I have forgotten about.
To get out of the white screen of death I forcefully removed all the gnome packages:
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1`
dpkg -r --force-depends `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f 1`
This leaves the system in a very broken state. However, I then installed gnome and many (all?) of the other dependencies:
aptitude install task-gnome-desktop
The first couple options to resolve the package conflicts involved aptitude removing most or all of the packages that had unmet dependencies. I cycled through a few other options until I got one that wasn't going to remove anything but rather just install the missing packages which was about 20 more.
The only thing that seems to still be broken is that the expand/collapse buttons for threads in Thunderbird are missing.
answered Jan 10 at 18:56
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answered Jan 10 at 18:56
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