On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 06:55:51PM +0100, David Banks wrote:
> The file installed to /usr/share/gnome-session/xmonad.session contains a line
> as such:
>
> RequiredComponents=gnome-settings-daemon;gnome-panel;xmonad
>
> However, in GNOME 3.8 the 'gnome-panel' component was removed, meaning that
> xmonad is unable to start up through GDM. GDM will give the message
> "Oh no! Something has gone wrong", while syslog will reveal the true culprit:
>
> May 26 15:51:45 motylyok gnome-session[5779]: gnome-session[5779]: WARNING:
> Unable to find required component 'gnome-panel'
> May 26 15:51:45 motylyok gnome-session[5779]: WARNING: Unable to find
> required component 'gnome-panel'
>
> Removing the 'gnome-panel' reference from the session file allowed
> xmonad/GNOME
> to start up correctly.
I get the same error dialog, but removing gnome-panel from that
session file doesn't fix it for me. My syslog has this:
Jun 17 20:24:06 exolobe1 gnome-session[5646]: WARNING:
Application 'xmonad.desktop' failed to register before timeout
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