It was auto locked by aptitude during an upgrade. Was not appearing as on hold in the dpkg prompt.
I ran a dist-upgrade which pulled down version 3.12 and it seems stable now. Thanks for the advice. Regards, Giovanni > On 26 Jul 2014, at 23:30, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 26/07/14 13:34, Giovanni P wrote: >> Package: gnome-shell >> Version: 3.4.2-11 > > You need gnome-shell 3.12 with upower 0.99. We could add a Breaks to prevent > this combination, but I wonder why you selectively upgraded one but not the > other. > > Emilio > >> Severity: important >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> After the latest upgrade of the system (and gnome-shell), the following >> occurs: >> >> At startup, gnome-shell throws this error and doesn't start: >> >> JS ERROR: !!! Exception was: Error: No signal 'notify-resume' on object >> 'UpClient' >> >> >> Chaging the line 168 of /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/dateMenu.js >> >> from >> >> // https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655129 >> this._upClient = new UPowerGlib.Client(); >> this._upClient.connect('notify-resume', Lang.bind(this, >> this._updateClockAndDate)); >> to >> >> // https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655129 >> this._upClient = new UPowerGlib.Client(); >> this._upClient.connect('notify::resume', Lang.bind(this, >> this._updateClockAndDate)); >> >> works around the issue, and leads to this other error message: >> >> (gnome-shell:2073): Gvc-WARNING **: Failed to connect context: Connection >> refused >> JS ERROR: !!! Exception was: TypeError: this._upClient.get_can_suspend >> is not a function >> JS ERROR: !!! message = '"this._upClient.get_can_suspend is not a >> function"' >> JS ERROR: !!! fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js"' >> JS ERROR: !!! lineNumber = '582' >> JS ERROR: !!! stack = >> '"()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js:582 >> wrapper()@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:204 >> ()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js:669 >> wrapper()@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:204 >> ()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js:492 >> wrapper()@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:204 >> start()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/main.js:234 >> @<main>:1 >> "' >> >> Seems like that API is gone, so i changed line 582 of >> /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/userMenu.js >> >> from >> >> this._haveSuspend = this._upClient.get_can_suspend(); >> to >> >> this._haveSuspend = false; >> >> in this way gnome-shell starts but I loose some functionalities in the >> suspend button. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- System Information: >> Debian Release: jessie/sid >> APT prefers unstable >> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') >> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) >> >> Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) >> Locale: LANG=it_IT.utf8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) >> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash >> >> Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on: >> ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.20.0-2 >> ii gconf-service 3.2.6-2 >> ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.37-2 >> ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.13-1 >> ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.10.8-2 >> ii gir1.2-folks-0.6 0.9.7.1-1 >> ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.40.0-2 >> ii gir1.2-gconf-2.0 3.2.6-2 >> ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.12.2-1 >> ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.6.0-1 >> ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.40.0-2 >> ii gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 3.8.0-2 >> ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.8.1-3 >> ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.12.2-1+b1 >> ii gir1.2-mutter-3.0 3.4.1-7+b1 >> ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.10.0-1 >> ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.36.3-1 >> ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-6.1 >> ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.46.0-2 >> ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.24.0-1 >> ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.8.0-3 >> ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.99.0-3 >> ii gjs 1.32.0-5+b1 >> ii gnome-bluetooth 3.8.1-3 >> ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.12.0-1 >> ii gnome-settings-daemon >> 3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-6+b2 >> ii gnome-shell-common 3.4.2-11 >> ii gnome-themes-standard 3.12.0-1 >> ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.4.2-3 >> ii libatk1.0-0 2.12.0-1 >> ii libc6 2.19-7 >> ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.16-2 >> ii libcairo2 1.12.16-2 >> ii libcanberra0 0.30-2 >> ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.10.8-2 >> ii libcogl-pango0 1.10.2-7 >> ii libcogl9 1.10.2-7 >> ii libcroco3 0.6.8-2 >> ii libdbus-1-3 1.8.6-1 >> ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.102-1 >> ii libebook-1.2-13 3.4.4-4 >> ii libecal-1.2-11 3.4.4-4 >> ii libedataserver-1.2-16 3.4.4-4 >> ii libedataserverui-3.0-1 3.4.4-4 >> ii libfolks25 0.9.7.1-1 >> ii libgck-1-0 3.12.2-1 >> ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.6-2 >> ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.12.2-1 >> ii libgcr-ui-3-1 3.12.2-1 >> ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.30.7-1 >> ii libgee2 0.6.8-1 >> ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.40.0-2 >> ii libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0] 1.32.0-5+b1 >> ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 10.2.4-1 >> ii libglib2.0-0 2.40.0-3 >> ii libgnome-keyring0 3.4.1-1 >> ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.8.0-2 >> ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1.2 >> ii libgtk-3-0 3.12.2-1+b1 >> ii libical0 0.48-2 >> ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.0.2-1 >> ii libmozjs185-1.0 1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4+b1 >> ii libmutter0 3.4.1-7 >> ii libnm-glib4 0.9.10.0-1 >> ii libnm-util2 0.9.10.0-1 >> ii libnspr4 2:4.10.6-1 >> ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.10.6-1 >> ii libp11-kit0 0.20.2-5 >> ii libpango-1.0-0 1.36.3-1 >> ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.36.3-1 >> ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-6.1 >> ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-6.1 >> ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 5.0-2 >> ii libpulse0 5.0-2 >> ii libsoup2.4-1 2.46.0-2 >> ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-3 >> ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.24.0-1 >> ii libtelepathy-logger2 0.4.0-1 >> ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-2 >> ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.4-1 >> ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.4-2 >> ii libxext6 2:1.3.2-1 >> ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.1-2 >> ii libxi6 2:1.7.2-1 >> ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-4 >> ii python 2.7.8-1 >> ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.16.2-1 >> >> Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends: >> pn gkbd-capplet <none> >> pn gnome-contacts <none> >> ii gnome-control-center 1:3.4.3.1-5+b1 >> pn gnome-session-fallback <none> >> ii gnome-user-guide 3.12.2-1 >> ii unzip 6.0-12 >> >> gnome-shell suggests no packages. >> >> -- no debconf information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pkg-gnome-maintainers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-gnome-maintainers > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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