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Bug 1509496 - gnome-shell seems to require libnm-gtk; should require
Summary: gnome-shell seems to require libnm-gtk; should require
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell
Version: 27
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Owen Taylor
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: AcceptedBlocker
: 1503864 1518619 1525779 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: F28BetaBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-11-04 01:09 UTC by W. Michael Petullo
Modified: 2018-11-19 10:59 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: gnome-shell-3.26.2-3.fc27
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Last Closed: 2017-12-28 02:51:52 UTC
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Description W. Michael Petullo 2017-11-04 01:09:01 UTC 
Description of problem:
I performed a minimal Fedora install, and then I installed Wayland and GNOME. I found that gnome-shell would not start until I installed libnm-gtk. I suggest the gnome-shell package should depend on libnm-gtk if it will not start without it.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-3.26.1-1.fc27.x86_64

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Perform a minimal install of Fedora 27
2. Install Wayland and gnome-shell
3. Try to login

Actual results:
Login fails with following log:

Nov 03 20:17:11 dragon.flyn.org gnome-shell[686]: JS ERROR: Error: Requiring NMGtk, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'NMGtk' (any version) not found
@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:11:7
AggregateMenu<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:705:13
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
_Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:18:5
Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:117:20
Panel<._ensureIndicator@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1099:25
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
Panel<._updateBox@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1110:29
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
Panel<._updatePanel@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1021:9
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
Panel<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:822:9
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
_Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:18:5
Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:117:20
_initializeUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:172:13
start@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:126:5
@<main>:1:31
Nov 03 20:17:11 dragon.flyn.org gnome-shell[686]: Execution of main.js threw exception: JS_EvaluateScript() failed

Expected results:
Login should succeed.

Additional info:
Comment 1 braylynn 2017-12-13 23:12:57 UTC 
I discovered this today as well. I was trying to do a minimal install of Fedora with GNOME like so:

1.  Use the netinstall ISO "Minimal install" option
2.  dnf install gnome-shell @base-x
3.  systemctl enable gdm.service
4.  systemctl set-default graphical.target

After bootup all I would get is a black screen and a cursor.

Upon installing libnm-gtk, everything works fine.
Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2017-12-19 22:44:28 UTC 
This is actually preventing Rawhide Workstation live images from booting ever since Fedora-Rawhide-20171201.n.0. Composes before that one pulled libnm-gtk into the Workstation live images somehow, but composes from that date onwards do not, and sure enough, GNOME fails to start on boot with the same error reported here:

Dec 19 04:07:20 localhost-live gnome-shell[1329]: JS ERROR: Error: Requiring NMGtk, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'NMGtk' (any version) not found
                                                  @resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:11:7

Looking at an F27 Workstation live, libnm-gtk seems to have been pulled in by some NetworkManager plugins - NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome , NetworkManager-pptp-gnome and NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome . It seems that the dropping of libnm-glib also somehow results in those packages no longer depending on libnm-gtk , and since gnome-shell is missing the dependency, it is left out of the live image entirely.

This is an automatic F28 Beta blocker, per "Complete failure of any release-blocking TC/RC image to boot at all under any circumstance - "DOA" image (conditional failure is not an automatic blocker)" - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process#Automatic_blockers
Comment 3 Adam Williamson 2017-12-19 22:46:55 UTC 
<kalev> should be fixed in gnome-shell-3.27.1-3.fc28

so for Rawhide purposes this is MODIFIED, but for F27 we'd need an update.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-12-19 23:07:37 UTC 
gnome-shell-3.26.2-3.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-85b6c8a430
Comment 5 lnie 2017-12-20 06:59:21 UTC 
*** Bug 1525779 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Yanko Kaneti 2017-12-20 07:44:12 UTC 
*** Bug 1503864 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2017-12-21 20:24:59 UTC 
gnome-shell-3.26.2-3.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-85b6c8a430
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2017-12-28 02:51:52 UTC 
gnome-shell-3.26.2-3.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Cristian Ciupitu 2018-11-19 10:59:39 UTC 
*** Bug 1518619 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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