After update to GNOME 3.30 unable to launch GNOME DE

[qwelias]

After update to GNOME 3.30 unable to launch GNOME DE, but GNOME Classic runs.

When trying to launch GNOME screen flashes with some text for a split second then goes back to login screen

Linux epamrgos 4.18.8-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 15 20:34:48 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[nullgemm]

Do you know if you are running Gnome with Wayland or X? Wayland support is currently experimental, and is no longer available in upcoming version, because I lack the hardware to test it.

[qwelias]

I'm running X.

I also tried to spot something in dmesg, but I'm not particularly good at it, so wasn't able to catch anything useful, feel free to ask for all kinds of logs, if needed.

I have temporarily switched to tbsm display manager which launches GNOME option fine, maybe it'll help. Will try to run ly a bit later in hopes some package update will fix it.

[nullgemm]

I will tell you when the new version is released, so you can try again. In the meantime, you can take a look at your ~/.xsession, see if nothing weird lies in it, or read /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see if any (EE) appears somewhere, or send it to me.

[nullgemm]

Can you try the new version? It's available :)

[qwelias]

Just updated, same problem: GNOME loops to login, GNOME Classic runs.

~/.xsession does not exist
Xorg.0.log

Login screen looks like this
and after an attempt to login into GNOME the heading is logout instead of localhost

This is also enabled in /etc/ly/config.ini

[box_main]
force_update=1

▶ trizen -Qi ly-git
Name            : ly-git
Version         : 0.2.r2.g7557e0f-1
Description     : TUI display manager
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://github.com/cylgom/ly
Licenses        : custom:WTFPL
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : pam  xorg-xinit  xorg-xauth
Optional Deps   : None
Required By     : None
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 75.00 KiB
Packager        : Unknown Packager
Build Date      : Mon 24 Sep 2018 12:50:44 +03
Install Date    : Mon 24 Sep 2018 12:50:56 +03
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : None

[nullgemm]

This is very strange. What distro are you using?

[qwelias]

Distro is Antergos

[nullgemm]

Hi, a few changes were made that could fix that issue. Can you try to compile with the latest commit?

[qwelias]

Hi.
built from latest master

▶ ly --version
ly version 0.2.1.r14.g5e7437b

after pressing enter cursor in the top left blinks a few time then ly login renders again.

Do you need any logs?

[LinArcX]

Same issue. i have arch linux, install the ly just right now. it can login to gnome-class, but cannot login to gnome.
Gnome version: 3.30.2
Ly version: 0.2.1.r16.g10bd01a

[genericusername3]

I'm running Manjaro (technically Arch) and I have the exact same issue. After logging in, the screen flashes black and returns to ly with "logout" in the header.

ly version 0.2.1.r17.gd54e047
Gnome version 3.30.2

[hermann-p]

I'm running Manjaro, and have the same issue; I cannot launch GNOME wayland (which has been the default for a couple of years), it always returns to the dm login; the "classic" GNOME under X works. This issue also appears when I use lightdm to login; for running GNOME under wayland I have to launch gdm.

[ZanSara]

Similar issue here: I have Arch and I can only login to the shell or to xfce4. If I try to login to Openbox, ly returns to the login screen with "logout" in the header. LightDM had no issue instead.

EDIT: I eventually solved it by cloning the last version and modifying the file src/login.c, line 233, from:

xinitrc ? "" : "/usr/bin",

to

xinitrc ? "" : "",

as pointed out in issue #31 (here). I had no .xsession file, so the source modification is more important than it seemed in that thread. However, I think my .xinitrc is being ignored now.

[ZanSara]

I've dig a little mode into the issue and I found out what was the actual issue for me. The openbox.desktop entry (under /usr/share/xsessions/) contained this line:

Exec=/usr/bin/openbox-session

However ly adds another /usr/bin to the exec paths, and therefore fails to find the executable. So I installed a clean copy of ly and modified the above line to:

Exec=openbox-session

After that it was working fine :)
Maybe a note about this fix can be added in the README?

[nullgemm]

@ZanSara omg thank your for figuring this out. Fixed in 5633128