gnome won't start

[Jon LaBadie]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 04:31:30PM -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 12/30/2015 03:59 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> >On my F22 system I typically use mate as my desktop environment.
> >Occasionally I log out and try to login using gnome.  It quickly
> >comes up with a screen saying "Opps, something has gone wrong".
> >
> >If I try "gnome classic" instead, it takes a little longer and
> >I get a flash of an new desktop before the "Opps" screen.
> >
> >After the failed login, I went debugging by logging into a
> >tty terminal.
> >
> >Looking at ~/.xsessionerrors there are 4 lines of
> >"stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device"
> >and nothing else.
> >
> >I don't notice any errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log*.
> >
> >If I try it logging in as a new user with gnome it starts
> >up fine.
> >
> >If I remove ~/.gnome* and ~/.gconf* the problem still occurs.
> >
> >Any hints where to look?
> 
> I detest the new Gnome, but I'd suggest also moving/deleting "~/.config"
> (or at least "~/.config/gnome*") and trying again.

Good thought.  I removed ~/.config/gnome* and
~/.config/gconf* as well.  Same "opps" screen
when attempting to login to a gnome DE.

jon
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