Stephen, So should I remove the unstable version of gnome-shell and gnome-common, and install the testing version? I don't want to keep getting the unstable version as I assume it will break more often. Or, does aptitude just go by version numbers, and the unstable version that I am using is now in testing?
Thanks, Mark On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Stephen Allen <marathon.duran...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 05:10:33PM +0200, Steven Post wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-07-02 at 07:59 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > I have been running Debian testing on my laptop for several years. I > > > performed a "routine" update/upgrade on Sunday, and I seem to have > > > lost gnome. At first, I could not log in, but I got that fixed. > > > However, when I log in, all I get is my wallpaper. No favorites on the > > > left, no window docks (not sure of the terminology here) on the right, > > > no taskbar at the top, etc. Just a wall paper. I also get an error > > > message "No system tray detected, unable to start". However, I traced > > > that back to an hp printer service, so I don't think it is relevant. > > > > > > I have tried uninstalling/installing gnome, but no change. I tried > > > creating an new user and logging in with that user, and I get the same > > > situation - but the default wall paper and not my personal one. I have > > > run several update/upgrade and update/dist-upgrades since Sunday, and > > > no change. I have looked through the 'net to find solutions, and I am > > > not getting anywhere. > > > > > [...] > > > > Multiple people seem to have this issue, including me. The problem is > > solved in gnome-shell from unstable, you can either wait until it > > migrates to testing (in 1 or 2 days I guess, judging from the QA page > > [1]) or you can install from unstable with "aptitude install -t unstable > > gnome-shell" (no quotes). Make sure you have unstable in your > > sources.list file. Just be careful not to upgrade your whole system to > > unstable, but only that package. > > > > Regards, > > Steven > > > ---end quoted text--- > > FYI > > Updated my Testing/Jessie laptop this morning. It appears Gnome-Shell is > now launching correctly with menus etc. > > > > -- > Cheers, > Stephen, Toronto > My Google+ Profile | http://goo.gl/JbQsq > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20130703234936.ga12...@thunkpad.gateway.2wire.net > >
