I found a report in gnome bugzilla for this issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739271
Setting a user picture works as a workaround. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #739271 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739271 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Team UGR, which is subscribed to GNOME Shell Extensions. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/885113 Title: alternative status menu crashes gnome-shell Status in GNOME Shell Extensions: New Bug description: Yesterday I installed gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu, and today gnome-shell failed to run. Dropping into a virtual console and running it allowed me to see the following output: $ DISPLAY=:0 gnome-shell JS ERROR: !!! WARNING: 'assignment to undeclared variable workViewInjections' JS ERROR: !!! WARNING: file '/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js' line 113 exception 0 number 156 JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Wed Nov 02 2011 18:54:17 GMT+1100 (EST) (gnome-shell:2488): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_get_editable: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed (gnome-shell:2488): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_get_text: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed (gnome-shell:2488): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_set_text: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed St-ERROR **: st_widget_get_theme_node called on the widget [0x1cdbca0 StButton.status-chooser-user-icon] which is not in the stage. zsh: trace trap DISPLAY=:0 gnome-shell Uninstalling the package gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu made gnome-shell start again. The only other extension I have installed is gnome-shell-extensions-native-window-placement. gnome-shell version: 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu version: 3.2.0-1~lffl~oneiric~ppa ubuntu oneiric To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extensions/+bug/885113/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnometeam Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnometeam More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
