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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: gnome won't start
From:       Rick Stevens <ricks () alldigital ! com>
Date:       2015-12-31 0:31:30
Message-ID: 56847762.6000101 () alldigital ! com
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On 12/30/2015 03:59 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On my F22 system I typically use mate as my desktop environment.
> Occasionally I log out and try to login using gnome.  It quickly
> comes up with a screen saying "Opps, something has gone wrong".
>
> If I try "gnome classic" instead, it takes a little longer and
> I get a flash of an new desktop before the "Opps" screen.
>
> After the failed login, I went debugging by logging into a
> tty terminal.
>
> Looking at ~/.xsessionerrors there are 4 lines of
> "stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device"
> and nothing else.
>
> I don't notice any errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log*.
>
> If I try it logging in as a new user with gnome it starts
> up fine.
>
> If I remove ~/.gnome* and ~/.gconf* the problem still occurs.
>
> Any hints where to look?

I detest the new Gnome, but I'd suggest also moving/deleting "~/.config"
(or at least "~/.config/gnome*") and trying again.
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