<div dir="ltr">This was what I got when I tried to go for installing ubuntu-gnome-desktop.<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>The following extra packages will be installed:</div></div><div><div> gnome-accessibility-themes nautilus-share rhythmbox-plugin-magnatune</div></div><div><div>The following NEW packages will be installed:</div></div><div><div> gnome-accessibility-themes nautilus-share rhythmbox-plugin-magnatune</div></div><div><div> ubuntu-gnome-desktop</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't believe these are absolutely necessary packages.</div><div>And there is not top panel. I am posting the output of the log. It seems to me that some packages are still missing : </div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><br></div></div><div><div>(evolution-alarm-notify:2222): Gdk-WARNING **: evolution-alarm-notify: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.</div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div>blueman-applet: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.</div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div>(update-notifier:2267): Gdk-WARNING **: update-notifier: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.</div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div>(tracker-extract:2079): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_main_loop_quit: assertion 'loop != NULL' failed</div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div>Received signal:15->'Terminated'</div></div><div><div>Received signal:15->'Terminated'</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file mate-user-share-obexftp.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file unity-fallback-mount-helper.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file unity-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file mate-user-share-webdav.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file mate-user-share-obexpush.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-sound-applet.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file extras-indicator-brightness.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh</div></div><div><div>GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh/gpg:0:1</div></div><div><div>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh/ssh</div></div><div><div>GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh</div></div><div><div>GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh/gpg:0:1</div></div><div><div>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh/ssh</div></div><div><div>GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh</div></div><div><div>GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh/gpg:0:1</div></div><div><div>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh/ssh</div></div><div><div>GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh</div></div><div><div>GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh/gpg:0:1</div></div><div><div>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-uf36jh/ssh</div></div><div><div>/usr/bin/gnome-shell: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs-24.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell-classic.desktop' exited with code 127</div></div><div><div>/usr/bin/gnome-shell: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs-24.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell-classic.desktop' exited with code 127</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell-classic.desktop' respawning too quickly</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2022]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....</div></div><div><div>(uint32 1,)</div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div>** (process:2146): CRITICAL **: bluez.vala:104: GDBus.Error:org.bluez.Error.NoSuchAdapter: No such adapter</div></div><div><div>Loading configuration plugins</div></div><div><div>blueman-applet version 1.23 starting</div></div><div><div>Stale PID, overwriting</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file mate-user-share-obexftp.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file unity-fallback-mount-helper.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file unity-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file mate-user-share-webdav.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file mate-user-share-obexpush.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-sound-applet.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file extras-indicator-brightness.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary</div></div><div><div>GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN</div></div><div><div>GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN/gpg:0:1</div></div><div><div>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN/ssh</div></div><div><div>GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN</div></div><div><div>GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN/gpg:0:1</div></div><div><div>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN/ssh</div></div><div><div>GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN</div></div><div><div>GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN/gpg:0:1</div></div><div><div>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN/ssh</div></div><div><div>GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN</div></div><div><div>GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN/gpg:0:1</div></div><div><div>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-YEc1XN/ssh</div></div><div><div>/usr/bin/gnome-shell: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs-24.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' exited with code 127</div></div><div><div>/usr/bin/gnome-shell: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs-24.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' exited with code 127</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly</div></div><div><div>gnome-session[2211]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....</div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div>** (process:2341): CRITICAL **: bluez.vala:104: GDBus.Error:org.bluez.Error.NoSuchAdapter: No such adapter</div></div><div><div>(uint32 1,)</div></div><div><div>Loading configuration plugins</div></div><div><div>blueman-applet version 1.23 starting</div></div><div><div>Stale PID, overwriting</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><div>Using gconf config backend</div></div><div><br></div></blockquote>I was thinking of going for a clean slate and then start fresh. Will purging all the repos and removing ubuntu-gnome-desktop be enough for that?<br><div>I have tried logging in with both gdm and lightdm but i get the same result. The popup message is surprisingly gone. Aand another thing I noticed was that I was getting that prompt in other tty's also and that is also gone.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Tim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darkxst@fastmail.fm" target="_blank">darkxst@fastmail.fm</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br> <br> On 24/12/15 22:41, Akshit Sharma wrote:<br> > Hi,<br> > A week ago, I installed MATE desktop environment on my Ubuntu 14.04.03 LTS and removed unity and ubuntu-desktop. I also wanted to install<br> > Gnome DE and so began my adventure.<br> > Things I did:<br> > sudo apt-get install gnome-shell<br> > sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop<br> </span>Just running:<br> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop^<br> then select gdm (when asked to select a display manager)<br> should be enough to pull in all required dependencies, not tried that in combination with MATE but should be ok.<br> <span class="">><br> > Logging into GNOME just gave me a stuck screen with no mouse or keyboard working. Some more research led me to completely removing<br> > ubuntu-gnome-desktop and gnome-shell, and adding gnome3 staging and gnome3 repo and performing a dist-upgrade.<br> </span>Does gnome-shell start? do you see the top bar UI? Anyways it probably best not to use the gnome3-staging and ricotz ppa's at this stage for<br> 14.04, since they likely won't receive further updates/bug fixes.<br> <span class="">> Again, I got the same result. I added Ricotz (Don't remember the name) testing repo and dist-upgrading again.<br> > I was greeted with the same stuck screen which came up with a popup message to upgrade to 15.04 with mouse, keyboard etc working to select<br> > the options in the popup.<br> </span>I have no idea what this popup is, it certainly shouldnt ask you to upgrade to 15.04, the only supported upgrade path from 14.04 is to 16.04<br> (not released yet though)<br> <span class="">> I checked and saw that I did not have mutter.<br> </span>that should be pulled in by ubuntu-gnome-desktop, perhaps there were errors when you run those apt-get comands?<br> <span class="">> Insatlled mutter and I am still stuck on the same popup message which has a nicer look, possibly due to mutter.<br> </span>screenshot?<br> <span class="">> I really want to test GNOME but just cannot get it running on my machine.<br> > Any help would be appreciated.<br> </span>Can't do much without logs, if gnome-shell actaully starts then ~/.cache/upstart/gnome-session-GNOME.log would be useful.<br> <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I thought I should give it a try.<br> ><br> > Looking forward to a positive reply<br> > Thanks<br> > Akshit<br> ><br> ><br> <br> <br> </div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome</a><br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>