** Description changed: - Gnome-shell will not start because dateMenu.JS can not handle - localization that is not UTF-8. + -- Problem -- + GDM and Gnome-shell will not start. Only wallpaper is seen. + Unity/lightdm starts without problem. - Snip from ~/.cache/gdm/session.log - ----- - Error: Failed to convert UTF-8 string to JS string: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input - fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/dateMenu.js"'' - ----- - In syslog you will see errors like gnome-shell.desktop respawning to quickly and whale is dead message. + -- Problem reason -- + Gnome-shell will not start because dateMenu.JS can not handle localization that is not UTF-8. I guess... - Reason is I choose Swedish under the installation of Ubuntu Gnome 13.04. Then locale file becomes by default + Under the installation of Ubuntu Gnome 13.04, I choose English as setup language and choose Swedish as keyboard, time and location. + After installation I will have this in /etc/default/locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="sv_SE" LC_TIME="sv_SE" LC_MONETARY="sv_SE" LC_PAPER="sv_SE" LC_NAME="sv_SE" LC_ADDRESS="sv_SE" LC_TELEPHONE="sv_SE" LC_MEASUREMENT="sv_SE" LC_IDENTIFICATION="sv_SE" - This file will make dateMenu.JS to fail and GDM/gnome-shell will not start. - I have not found the exact problem but I did "sudo apt-get install language-pack-sv" and then changed all "sv_SE" to "sv_SE.UTF-8" + + This will boot fine into lightdm/Unity but gdm/gnome-shell will fail. + + -- Error messages -- + I have attached ~/.cache/gdm/session.log which include the straceback of dateMenu.js + In the file this can be seen + ----- + Error: Failed to convert UTF-8 string to JS string: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input + fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/dateMenu.js"'' + ----- + + Also in syslog and other logfiles you will see errors like gnome- + shell.desktop respawning to quickly and whale is dead message. + + + -- Solution -- + I have not found the exact problem but I did "sudo apt-get install language-pack-sv" and then changed all "sv_SE" in /etc/default/locale to "sv_SE.UTF-8". After that GDM and gnome-shell will start. + + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 7 10:05:09 2013 DisplayManager: gdm GsettingsChanges: - + InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-06 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Description changed: -- Problem -- GDM and Gnome-shell will not start. Only wallpaper is seen. Unity/lightdm starts without problem. + -- Problem reason -- Gnome-shell will not start because dateMenu.JS can not handle localization that is not UTF-8. I guess... Under the installation of Ubuntu Gnome 13.04, I choose English as setup language and choose Swedish as keyboard, time and location. After installation I will have this in /etc/default/locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="sv_SE" LC_TIME="sv_SE" LC_MONETARY="sv_SE" LC_PAPER="sv_SE" LC_NAME="sv_SE" LC_ADDRESS="sv_SE" LC_TELEPHONE="sv_SE" LC_MEASUREMENT="sv_SE" LC_IDENTIFICATION="sv_SE" This will boot fine into lightdm/Unity but gdm/gnome-shell will fail. + -- Error messages -- I have attached ~/.cache/gdm/session.log which include the straceback of dateMenu.js In the file this can be seen ----- Error: Failed to convert UTF-8 string to JS string: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/dateMenu.js"'' ----- Also in syslog and other logfiles you will see errors like gnome- shell.desktop respawning to quickly and whale is dead message. -- Solution -- I have not found the exact problem but I did "sudo apt-get install language-pack-sv" and then changed all "sv_SE" in /etc/default/locale to "sv_SE.UTF-8". After that GDM and gnome-shell will start. - ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 7 10:05:09 2013 DisplayManager: gdm GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-06 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Description changed: -- Problem -- GDM and Gnome-shell will not start. Only wallpaper is seen. Unity/lightdm starts without problem. -- Problem reason -- Gnome-shell will not start because dateMenu.JS can not handle localization that is not UTF-8. I guess... Under the installation of Ubuntu Gnome 13.04, I choose English as setup language and choose Swedish as keyboard, time and location. After installation I will have this in /etc/default/locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="sv_SE" LC_TIME="sv_SE" LC_MONETARY="sv_SE" LC_PAPER="sv_SE" LC_NAME="sv_SE" LC_ADDRESS="sv_SE" LC_TELEPHONE="sv_SE" LC_MEASUREMENT="sv_SE" LC_IDENTIFICATION="sv_SE" - This will boot fine into lightdm/Unity but gdm/gnome-shell will fail. -- Error messages -- I have attached ~/.cache/gdm/session.log which include the straceback of dateMenu.js In the file this can be seen ----- Error: Failed to convert UTF-8 string to JS string: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/dateMenu.js"'' ----- - Also in syslog and other logfiles you will see errors like gnome- - shell.desktop respawning to quickly and whale is dead message. + Also in syslog and other logfiles you will see errors like gnome-shell.desktop respawning to quickly and whale is dead message. + On my Intel 4000 graphics, I can see "GLib-CRITICAL: g_variant_compare: assertion `!g_variant_is_container (a)' failed". -- Solution -- I have not found the exact problem but I did "sudo apt-get install language-pack-sv" and then changed all "sv_SE" in /etc/default/locale to "sv_SE.UTF-8". After that GDM and gnome-shell will start. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 7 10:05:09 2013 DisplayManager: gdm GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-06 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1165681 Title: GDM/gnome-shell fails to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1165681/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
