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Martin Hope
Alvin
Asked: 2012-07-24 18:47:30 +0800 CST
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Think the title is fairly clear (system specs below)

I cannot get Unity (2d works) nor Gnome 3 to load properly since an update run last Friday

thus far I've tried

  • installing propietary drivers manually download from web-site reboot to system recovery console and install
    • Latest Long Lived Branch version: 295.59
    • Latest Short Lived Branch version: 302.17
  • installing nvidia-current
    • the ubuntu default version at 295.40
    • the x-swat version (currently running) at version 3.02.XX (forget extension -- currently unable to switch windows to check)

including variations of tinkering with xorg.conf and such

current logs don't show any errors (will paste in once I get on a system that can switch windows to copy and paste over network) checking - dmesg - kern.log - Xorg.0.log

glxgears shows running 75 FPS under gnome 3 in a window so the OpenGL parts seem to be working, and nvidia-settings shows everything working fine, but I get a dependency error when I try to run gnome directly (again I'll paste in reference)

Gnome 3 Error

$ gnome-shell
JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: Error: Requiring GjsDBus, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'GjsDBus' (any version) not found
JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '0'
JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"gjs_throw"'
JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"("Requiring GjsDBus, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'GjsDBus' (any version) not found")@gjs_throw:0 @/usr/share/gjs-1.0/overrides/Gio.js:23"'
JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"Requiring GjsDBus, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'GjsDBus' (any version) not found"'
JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: TypeError: Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function
JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '24'
JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js"'
JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js:24"'
JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function"'
JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: TypeError: Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function
JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '24'
JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js"'
JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js:24"'
JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function"'
JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: TypeError: Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function
JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '24'
JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js"'
JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js:24"'
JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function"'
JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: TypeError: Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function
JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '24'
JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js"'
JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js:24"'
JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function"'
JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: TypeError: Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function
JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '24'
JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js"'
JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js:24"'
JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function"'
JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: TypeError: Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function
JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '24'
JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js"'
JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/misc/gnomeSession.js:24"'
JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a function"'
Window manager warning: Log level 32: Execution of main.js threw exception: TypeError: Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper is not a fun

any ideas? I'm plum out of gas to keep tackling this and found myself considering migrating this workstation to Windows after 4+ years of freedom...

Video: Nvidia GT 520 CPU: AMD Phenom II (dual core) 3.2GHz RAM: 12GB DDR3

additional note 2 monitors are working properly, and I can boot into Unity 2D

booting into Gnome 3 loads a desktop where hotkeys work and all startup programs load but no gnome-shell which errors out when trying to run via console

Unity simply loads to the desktop where it is then non-responsive for a couple minutes and times out back to lightdm

(more log pastes shortly)

12.04
Martin Hope
Alvin
Asked: 2012-05-28 10:31:11 +0800 CST
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Just installed a 2nd nvidia video card -- previously had gnome 3 working perfectly with 2 monitors on a a single video card using twinview

tried a number of things thus far

  • twinview on 1 card + xinerama
  • no xinerama no twinview
  • various manual xorg.conf hacks based on random forums (couple references below)
  • xinerama no twinview with and without Extensions Composite

The last one is what I'm using now -- it results in a forced fallback mode with Composite Disable set at the end of xorg.conf via nvidia-settings

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

when I disabled that last snippet it boots to gnome 3 full with the left monitor on a black screen and the middle monitor as primary but non-responsive switching to console mode Ctrl+Alt+F1 and then switching back I get 3 black screens with a mouse that can move around but nothing to interact with

issue seems related to OpenGL and the multiple video cards -- I can boot into Unity without issue though my Glx-Dock shows up with the black background as barely shows in the screenshot below indicating the OpenGL is not initiated

has anyone had any luck with getting Xinerama to work with Multiple NVidia Video Cards with OpenGL support?

Found this in the logs while looking a bit further

[    23.208] (II) NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select+0+0"
[    23.254] (WW) NVIDIA(1): The GPU driving screen 1 is incompatible with the rest of the
[    23.254] (WW) NVIDIA(1):     GPUs composing the desktop.  OpenGL rendering will be
[    23.254] (WW) NVIDIA(1):     disabled on screen 1.
[    23.277] (==) NVIDIA(1): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[    23.277] (==) NVIDIA(1): Backing store disabled
[    23.277] (==) NVIDIA(1): Silken mouse enabled
[    23.277] (==) NVIDIA(1): DPMS enabled

According to this page at the NVidia User Docs

I may be out of luck =(

Starting this question with the hopes that others may be able to help debug and perhaps gain answers over time as I really want to get the full gnome 3 back.

Screenshot with Buggy Fallback Mode

nvidia