[SOLVED] can't start LMDE in gnome mode

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suicidejack

[SOLVED] can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by suicidejack »

This is a problem that I have had for about 2-3 weeks now that I can't solve (I think it was due to the gdm3 update but I am not positive - may have started due to the kernal update to 2.6.38).

Anyways, I get a very generic error when I try to log in to the normal gnome mode - "Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. Please log out and try again." Needless to say, I have done that many times and I keep getting the same error message whenever I have tried to log in in the normal gnome mode. However, the gnome failover mode works still which makes me think this may be a video card or gdm3 issue. I also do not have the Linux Mint menu anymore which I would like to have back.

I have tried looking at different log files but I don't know which ones will help me solve this issue. I have the latest updates. I have looked at my .xsession-errors file and the major repeating issue there seems to be that "Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module". I searched and found that installing package "PackageKit-gtk3-module" would solve this issue but it has not. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

System info:
Dell Studio XPS 9000
Intel i7
Nvidia GeForce 5600

If you need any log file output or more information please ask and I will gladly post that info.
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zerozero

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by zerozero »

just to be absolutely sure can you open a terminal and post back the following results

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inxi -F

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inxi -r
suicidejack

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by suicidejack »

inxi -F
System: Host beowulf Kernel 2.6.38-2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Linux Mint Debian Edition
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7 920 (-HT-MCP-) cache 8192 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips 21279.3
Clock Speeds: (1) 1600.00 MHz (2) 1600.00 MHz (3) 1600.00 MHz (4) 1600.00 MHz (5) 1600.00 MHz (6) 1600.00 MHz (7) 1600.00 MHz (8) 1600.00 MHz
Graphics: Card nVidia GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] X.Org 1.10.2.902 Res: 1920x1080@50.0hz
GLX Renderer GeForce GTX 260/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 275.36 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio: Card Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium series [EMU20k2] driver SB-XFi BusID: 08:00.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.23
Network: Card-1 Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI at port d800 BusID: 05:00.0
Card-2 Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver ath9k BusID: 02:00.0
Disks: HDD Total Size: 1002.2GB (72.9% used) 1: /dev/sda SAMSUNG_HD103UJ 1000.2GB
2: USB /dev/sdf iPod 2.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 81G used: 31G (41%) fs: ext4
Info: Processes 191 Uptime 2:04 Memory 615.7/7999.4MB Runlevel 2 Client Shell inxi 1.4.23


inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import #Added by software-properties
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ squeeze main
zerozero

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by zerozero »

ok, you are following testing, so you should by now have gnome3 (gnome-shell) installed;
a few questions, if you don't mind:
- why using the 38.2 kernel? choice? there's an issue with newer kernels?
- do you use compiz? is it set to auto-start?
- are you sure your graphic card drivers are loading correctly?
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Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

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Moved here from the main forum
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suicidejack

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by suicidejack »

Thanks for the responses so far zerozero. Here are my answers:
-I'm using the 2.6.38 kernel since that is the latest one that my system has been updated to. I would have no problems using a later kernel version.
-I do use compiz and it is set to autostart. I use Emerald as my theme manager.
-I'm fairly sure my graphics drivers are loading correctly. Is there a way to check this?
xircon

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by xircon »

Compiz is probably your problem, stop it running automatically and you should be able to log in. Test by creating a new user and log in to gnome as that user.

Think it is in /home/youruser/.config/autostart, just rename the compiz shortcut.
zerozero

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by zerozero »

xircon should be right about the compiz issue and also about the fix (ehh he knows more about compiz than i do :D )

after you get that solved there's another one that needs addressing (if you don't mind):
- tracking testing (as you are) you should by now have the 3.1 kernel, so there's something going on there; past back please the output of

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
tks
suicidejack

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by suicidejack »

So this gets more interesting...

I did what xircon said and removed compiz and fusion-icon from my /home/username/.config/autostart/ directory and restarted my computer. I was able to log in to the normal gnome mode then.

I then updated my system like zerozero suggested (output is below) and then restarted my computer. After that I only get a text based log-in. I have restarted my computer several times and this keeps happening. Any advice here?


matt@beowulf:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for matt:
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
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Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
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Get:22 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main amd64 2011-12-04-0213.20.pdiff [29.7 kB]
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main Translation-en_US
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Get:24 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main amd64 2011-12-04-0213.20.pdiff [29.7 kB]
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main Translation-en
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Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://deb.playonlinux.com squeeze/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en_US
Ign http://deb.playonlinux.com squeeze/main Translation-en
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Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-en_US
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Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Translation-en
Get:29 http://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib amd64 2011-12-04-1415.31.pdiff [26 B]
Fetched 374 kB in 4s (91.2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
[sudo] password for matt:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libtracker-sparql-0.12-0 linux-headers-3.1.0-1-amd64
linux-headers-3.1.0-1-common linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-3.1.0-1-amd64
linux-image-amd64 linux-kbuild-3.1
The following packages have been kept back:
xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm
xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128
xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64
xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
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linux-image-2.6-amd64 linux-libc-dev mobile-broadband-provider-info
nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig totem totem-common totem-mozilla
totem-plugins
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Error! Bad conf file.
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xircon

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by xircon »

Looks like the nVidia drivers have not loaded for the new kernel, think you just have to reinstall, but I am an ATI/AMD user so can't be of much help, but one of the guys will jump in I am sure.
gavinhc

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by gavinhc »

suicidejack wrote:I then updated my system like zerozero suggested (output is below) and then restarted my computer. After that I only get a text based log-in. I have restarted my computer several times and this keeps happening. Any advice here?
There is an issue with dkms in the recent upgrades of the Nvidia drivers where it doesn't properly compile the kernel module during an apt-get dist-upgrade. When I got the most recent kernel and Nividia upgrade and was dumped to text mode after reboot, I used the following command to get it working (found here on the Debian forums)

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dkms build -m nvidia -v <nvidia version> -k <kernel version>
dkms install -m nvidia -v <nvidia version> -k <kernel version>
So for you, you would want to use, assuming I'm reading everything right from your dist-upgrade output posted above:

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dkms build -m nvidia -v 290.10 -k 3.1.0-1-amd64
dkms install -m nvidia -v 290.10 -k 3.1.0-1-amd64
suicidejack

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by suicidejack »

Perfect! That worked. Thanks everyone for getting this working.
xircon

Re: can't start LMDE in gnome mode

Post by xircon »

Can you mark as solved, edit title on first post and add it, glad it worked.
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