It looks like you have an older version of some dependent library which
should have the symbol g_bus_own_name.

It has nothing to do with the .desktop file. You could also try starting
gnome-shell using gnome-shell --replace from the command line and I believe
you would be getting the same error.

-Ashwin

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Mads Villadsen <[email protected]> wrote:

> For many months now I have had a symlink in .config/autostart pointing
> to gnome-shell/install/share/applications/gnome-shell.desktop
>
> This has caused me to have a nice gnome-shell session when I log in.
> However after a recent update it no longer works.
>
> I get the following error:
>
> /home/maxx/gnome-shell/install/libexec/dconf-service: symbol lookup
> error: /home/maxx/gnome-shell/install/libexec/dconf-service: undefined
> symbol: g_bus_own_name
>
> I get the same error when following the instructions found here:
>
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/#Running
>
> When I run this command it works:
>
> jhbuild run gnome-shell --replace
>
> However I get the following errors (and I am stuck with the standard X
> mouse cursors):
>
> Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module": libpk-gtk-module.so:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module":
> libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
> or directory
>
> So what has changed? I can't see any significant changes to the
> gnome-shell python script.
>
> What is the recommended way of running a gnome-shell session without
> first going into "old" gnome?
>
> Regards.
> --
> Mads Villadsen <[email protected]>
>
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