Found the problem, it was a leftover libEGL.so.1 in /usr/local/lib from 12.04 that tried to pull libudev.so.0 in. Removing that outdated libEGL.so.1 fixed the problem. Sorry for the noise.
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1363306 Title: gnome-shell fails to start, gnome-shell: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1363306/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs