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Bug 699353 - Gnome shell fails to load, black screen + cursor
Gnome shell fails to load, black screen + cursor
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 698952
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-04-30 20:02 UTC by Alexander von Gluck IV
Modified: 2013-05-01 00:46 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
dconf user config that breaks startup (4.26 KB, application/octet)
2013-04-30 20:09 UTC, Alexander von Gluck IV 		Details
stderr output from startx (8.66 KB, text/plain)
2013-04-30 20:10 UTC, Alexander von Gluck IV 		Details

Description Alexander von Gluck IV 2013-04-30 20:02:54 UTC 
* Start Gnome 3 (3.8.1)
* Working desktop
* Kill X
* Start Gnome 3 (3.8.1)
* Black screen + cursor. Gnome never loads.
* Kill X
* Erase ~/.config/dconf/user
* Restart Gnome 3 (3.8.1)
* Working Desktop

Seen on multiple machines by multiple people on Arch Linux. No obvious log errors.
Comment 1 Alexander von Gluck IV 2013-04-30 20:09:30 UTC 
Created attachment 242961 [details]
dconf user config that breaks startup
Comment 2 Alexander von Gluck IV 2013-04-30 20:10:44 UTC 
Created attachment 242962 [details]
stderr output from startx
Comment 3 Alexander von Gluck IV 2013-04-30 20:18:05 UTC 
Definitely seems time / date related as per last log from startx.

Other things can trigger it, but setting the time format to AM / PM seems to be a good way to trigger this issue quickly.

* Start Gnome 3 (3.8.1)
* Working desktop
* Set time to AM / PM format in clock.
* Kill X
* Start Gnome 3 (3.8.1)
* Black screen + cursor. Gnome never loads.
* Kill X
* Erase ~/.config/dconf/user
* Restart Gnome 3 (3.8.1)
* Working Desktop
Comment 4 Matthias Clasen 2013-05-01 00:46:19 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 698952 ***