>Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 4:36 PM >From: "Cliff McDiarmid via blfs-support" ><blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> >To: "BLFS Support List" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> >Cc: "Cliff McDiarmid" <cliffhan...@gardener.com> >Subject: [blfs-support] Gnome not starting >Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 1:15 PM >From: "Cliff McDiarmid via blfs-support" ><blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> >To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org >Cc: "Cliff McDiarmid" <cliffhan...@gardener.com> >Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Gnome not starting
>Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 at 5:29 PM >From: "Christopher Gregory via blfs-support" ><blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> >To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org >Cc: "Christopher Gregory" <christopher.greg...@mail.com> >Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Gnome not starting > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 6:03 AM > From: "Cliff McDiarmid via blfs-support" > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org > Cc: "Cliff McDiarmid" <cliffhan...@gardener.com> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Gnome not starting > > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 at 12:06 AM > > From: "Christopher Gregory via blfs-support" > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org > Cc: "Christopher Gregory" <christopher.greg...@mail.com> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Gnome not starting > > > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 at 12:49 PM > > From: "Cliff McDiarmid via blfs-support" > > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > > To: "BLFS Support List" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > > Cc: "Cliff McDiarmid" <cliffhan...@gardener.com> > > Subject: [blfs-support] Gnome not starting > > > > Hi > > > > So something is wrong elsewhere? Please confirm systemd is okay. > > > > >Looks like there's something wrong in your systemd install (or on the way > > >gnome-session accesses > > >it, maybe). Does the following return something? > > > > >gdbus introspect --system --dest org.freedesktop.systemd1 \ > > >--object-path /org/freedesktop/systemd1 > > > > This is the output. Apologies for the length. > > > > >If it does, there is something wrong elsewhere. But I suspect using a > > >non-systemd procedure on a systemd host doesn't work > > > > node /org/freedesktop/systemd1 { > > interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer { > > methods: > > Ping(); > > GetMachineId(out s machine_uuid); > > signals: > > properties: > > }; > > interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable { > > methods: > > Introspect(out s data); > > signals: > > properties: > > }; > > interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties { > > methods: > > Get(in s interface, > > in s property, > > out v value); > > GetAll(in s interface, > > out a{sv} properties); > > Set(in s interface, > > in s property, > > in v value); > > signals: > > PropertiesChanged(s interface, > > a{sv} changed_properties, > > as invalidated_properties); > > properties: > > }; > > interface org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager { > > methods: > > GetUnit(in s arg_0, > > out o arg_1); > > GetUnitByPID(in u arg_0, > > out o arg_1); > > GetUnitByInvocationID(in ay arg_0, > > out o arg_1); > > GetUnitByControlGroup(in s arg_0, > > out o arg_1); > > LoadUnit(in s arg_0, > > out o arg_1); > > StartUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > out o arg_2); > > StartUnitReplace(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > in s arg_2, > > out o arg_3); > > StopUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > out o arg_2); > > ReloadUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > out o arg_2); > > RestartUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > out o arg_2); > > TryRestartUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > out o arg_2); > > ReloadOrRestartUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > out o arg_2); > > ReloadOrTryRestartUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > out o arg_2); > > EnqueueUnitJob(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > in s arg_2, > > out u arg_3, > > out o arg_4, > > out s arg_5, > > out o arg_6, > > out s arg_7, > > out a(uosos) arg_8); > > KillUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > in i arg_2); > > CleanUnit(in s arg_0, > > in as arg_1); > > ResetFailedUnit(in s arg_0); > > SetUnitProperties(in s arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > in a(sv) arg_2); > > RefUnit(in s arg_0); > > UnrefUnit(in s arg_0); > > StartTransientUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > in a(sv) arg_2, > > in a(sa(sv)) arg_3, > > out o arg_4); > > GetUnitProcesses(in s arg_0, > > out a(sus) arg_1); > > AttachProcessesToUnit(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > in au arg_2); > > AbandonScope(in s arg_0); > > GetJob(in u arg_0, > > out o arg_1); > > GetJobAfter(in u arg_0, > > out a(usssoo) arg_1); > > GetJobBefore(in u arg_0, > > out a(usssoo) arg_1); > > CancelJob(in u arg_0); > > ClearJobs(); > > ResetFailed(); > > ListUnits(out a(ssssssouso) arg_0); > > ListUnitsFiltered(in as arg_0, > > out a(ssssssouso) arg_1); > > ListUnitsByPatterns(in as arg_0, > > in as arg_1, > > out a(ssssssouso) arg_2); > > ListUnitsByNames(in as arg_0, > > out a(ssssssouso) arg_1); > > ListJobs(out a(usssoo) arg_0); > > Subscribe(); > > Unsubscribe(); > > Dump(out s arg_0); > > DumpByFileDescriptor(out h arg_0); > > Reload(); > > Reexecute(); > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > Exit(); > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > Reboot(); > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > PowerOff(); > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > Halt(); > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > KExec(); > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > SwitchRoot(in s arg_0, > > in s arg_1); > > SetEnvironment(in as arg_0); > > UnsetEnvironment(in as arg_0); > > UnsetAndSetEnvironment(in as arg_0, > > in as arg_1); > > ListUnitFiles(out a(ss) arg_0); > > ListUnitFilesByPatterns(in as arg_0, > > in as arg_1, > > out a(ss) arg_2); > > GetUnitFileState(in s arg_0, > > out s arg_1); > > EnableUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > in b arg_2, > > out b arg_3, > > out a(sss) arg_4); > > DisableUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > out a(sss) arg_2); > > ReenableUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > in b arg_2, > > out b arg_3, > > out a(sss) arg_4); > > LinkUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > in b arg_2, > > out a(sss) arg_3); > > PresetUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > in b arg_2, > > out b arg_3, > > out a(sss) arg_4); > > PresetUnitFilesWithMode(in as arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > in b arg_2, > > in b arg_3, > > out b arg_4, > > out a(sss) arg_5); > > MaskUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > in b arg_2, > > out a(sss) arg_3); > > UnmaskUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > out a(sss) arg_2); > > RevertUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > out a(sss) arg_1); > > SetDefaultTarget(in s arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > out a(sss) arg_2); > > GetDefaultTarget(out s arg_0); > > PresetAllUnitFiles(in s arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > in b arg_2, > > out a(sss) arg_3); > > AddDependencyUnitFiles(in as arg_0, > > in s arg_1, > > in s arg_2, > > in b arg_3, > > in b arg_4, > > out a(sss) arg_5); > > GetUnitFileLinks(in s arg_0, > > in b arg_1, > > out as arg_2); > > SetExitCode(in y arg_0); > > LookupDynamicUserByName(in s arg_0, > > out u arg_1); > > LookupDynamicUserByUID(in u arg_0, > > out s arg_1); > > GetDynamicUsers(out a(us) arg_0); > > signals: > > UnitNew(s arg_0, > > o arg_1); > > UnitRemoved(s arg_0, > > o arg_1); > > JobNew(u arg_0, > > o arg_1, > > s arg_2); > > JobRemoved(u arg_0, > > o arg_1, > > s arg_2, > > s arg_3); > > StartupFinished(t arg_0, > > t arg_1, > > t arg_2, > > t arg_3, > > t arg_4, > > t arg_5); > > UnitFilesChanged(); > > Reloading(b arg_0); > > properties: > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly s Version = '244'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly s Features = '+PAM -AUDIT -SELINUX +IMA -APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT > > +UTMP -LIBCRYPTSETUP -GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ -LZ4 -SECCOMP +BLKID > > -ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN2 -IDN +PCRE2 default-hierarchy=unified'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly s Virtualization = ''; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly s Architecture = 'x86-64'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly s Tainted = 'local-hwclock'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t FirmwareTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t FirmwareTimestampMonotonic = 12217499; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t LoaderTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t LoaderTimestampMonotonic = 3129114; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t KernelTimestamp = 1584286305879601; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t KernelTimestampMonotonic = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDTimestampMonotonic = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t UserspaceTimestamp = 1584286306814949; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t UserspaceTimestampMonotonic = 935348; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t FinishTimestamp = 1584286307595603; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t FinishTimestampMonotonic = 1716002; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t SecurityStartTimestamp = 1584286306818746; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t SecurityStartTimestampMonotonic = 939145; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t SecurityFinishTimestamp = 1584286306819190; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t SecurityFinishTimestampMonotonic = 939589; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t GeneratorsStartTimestamp = 1584286306971929; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t GeneratorsStartTimestampMonotonic = 1092328; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t GeneratorsFinishTimestamp = 1584286306981141; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t GeneratorsFinishTimestampMonotonic = 1101540; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t UnitsLoadStartTimestamp = 1584286306981142; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t UnitsLoadStartTimestampMonotonic = 1101541; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t UnitsLoadFinishTimestamp = 1584286307019947; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t UnitsLoadFinishTimestampMonotonic = 1140346; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDSecurityStartTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDSecurityStartTimestampMonotonic = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDSecurityFinishTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDSecurityFinishTimestampMonotonic = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDGeneratorsStartTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDGeneratorsStartTimestampMonotonic = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDGeneratorsFinishTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDGeneratorsFinishTimestampMonotonic = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDUnitsLoadStartTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDUnitsLoadStartTimestampMonotonic = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDUnitsLoadFinishTimestamp = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t InitRDUnitsLoadFinishTimestampMonotonic = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > readwrite s LogLevel = 'info'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > readwrite s LogTarget = 'journal-or-kmsg'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly u NNames = 788; > > readonly u NFailedUnits = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly u NJobs = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly u NInstalledJobs = 106; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly u NFailedJobs = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly d Progress = 1.0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly as Environment = ['LANG=en_GB.UTF-8', > > 'PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin']; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly b ConfirmSpawn = false; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly b ShowStatus = true; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly as UnitPath = ['/etc/systemd/system.control', > > '/run/systemd/system.control', '/run/systemd/transient', > > '/run/systemd/generator.early', '/etc/systemd/system', > > '/etc/systemd/system.attached', '/run/systemd/system', > > '/run/systemd/system.attached', '/run/systemd/generator', > > '/usr/local/lib/systemd/system', '/lib/systemd/system', > > '/usr/lib/systemd/system', '/run/systemd/generator.late']; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly s DefaultStandardOutput = 'journal'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly s DefaultStandardError = 'journal'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > readwrite t RuntimeWatchdogUSec = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > readwrite t RebootWatchdogUSec = 600000000; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > readwrite t KExecWatchdogUSec = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") > > readwrite b ServiceWatchdogs = true; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly s ControlGroup = ''; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly s SystemState = 'running'; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly y ExitCode = 0x00; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultTimerAccuracyUSec = 60000000; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultTimeoutStartUSec = 90000000; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultTimeoutStopUSec = 90000000; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly t DefaultTimeoutAbortUSec = 90000000; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultRestartUSec = 100000; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultStartLimitIntervalUSec = 10000000; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly u DefaultStartLimitBurst = 5; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly b DefaultCPUAccounting = true; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly b DefaultBlockIOAccounting = false; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly b DefaultMemoryAccounting = true; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly b DefaultTasksAccounting = true; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitCPU = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitCPUSoft = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitFSIZE = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitFSIZESoft = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitDATA = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitDATASoft = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitSTACK = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitSTACKSoft = 8388608; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitCORE = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitCORESoft = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitRSS = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitRSSSoft = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitNOFILE = 524288; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitNOFILESoft = 1024; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitAS = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitASSoft = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitNPROC = 63083; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitNPROCSoft = 63083; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitMEMLOCK = 65536; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitMEMLOCKSoft = 65536; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitLOCKS = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitLOCKSSoft = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitSIGPENDING = 63083; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitSIGPENDINGSoft = 63083; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitMSGQUEUE = 819200; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitMSGQUEUESoft = 819200; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitNICE = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitNICESoft = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitRTPRIO = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitRTPRIOSoft = 0; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitRTTIME = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t DefaultLimitRTTIMESoft = 18446744073709551615; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") > > readonly t DefaultTasksMax = 18925; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly t TimerSlackNSec = 50000; > > @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const") > > readonly s DefaultOOMPolicy = 'stop'; > > }; > > node job { > > }; > > node unit { > > }; > > }; > > > > thanks > > >I have had this happen in one or another component of gnome before, but can > >not recall which one. > >Normally, it is solved by going to gnome's download site and making sure > >that you have the latest stable version available, as sometimes there is a > >newer version that is not yet in the book. > >I would start by re-installing gnome-session and gnome-shell just to be > >sure. If those versions are the latest and it still does not correct the > >issue, then try re-installing mutter, and continue on with this process one > >>package at a time. > >It is a slow and painful process, but normally I have found this method to > >work > > Thanks Christopher. It's strange that you say this because I had already > download the new versions of Gnome ready to install - hoping that would cure > my problem. > > I'm assuming systemd is correct. But may install ver.244 if nothing elase > works. >After I sent this earlier reply, I remembered that one of the gnome components >that gave me that error was GDM. The other thing to try, if you have tried the >most up to date versions available is to down grade gnome session first, to a >previous point release in the >stable tree. It can be that the newest version >has a bug in it, but the previous one does not. >That is why it is such a painful process when you do come across an error such >as this. >I highly doubt that it is systemd that is at fault. This will be a gnome >package issue. The worst case scenario is that you have to re-install all of >gnome desktop. If these suggestions do not work, then I am unable to help, as >>this is the exact process I have gone >through in the past to get gnome to >work. You could always check on where ever they hide their bug tracker these >days to see if other people have had this error, but I would only suggest >>that as a last resort, as this should get resolved by doing these suggestio >Yes I'm in the process of upgrading but no luck at present. Right. The key to this whole problem related to the error: 'Typelib file for namespace 'GDesktopEnums', version '3.0' not found' I found there was a text file called 'GDesktopEnums-3.0.typelib' which contains introspection data for for GSettings desktop-wide schemas. It should be present under '/usr/lib/girepository-1.0' but was not present on my build! Why? Can't answer that. Installed the latest 'gsettings-desktop-schemas' and voila, the system booted into gnome first time. Thanks to everyone who answered. Cliff -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page