Dear Maintainer,

Login to gdm3 is okay however the Gnome desktop does not load.

Nov 18 17:57:51 boss kernel: [drm:i8xx_irq_handler] *ERROR* pipe A underrun
Nov 18 17:57:52 boss dbus[509]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.locale1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service'
Nov 18 17:57:52 boss dbus[509]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.locale1'
Nov 18 17:57:53 boss gnome-session[7213]: (gnome-shell:7314): Cogl-ERROR **: Failed to create texture 2d due to size/format constraints
Nov 18 17:57:53 boss gnome-session[7213]: x-session-manager[7213]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Nov 18 17:57:53 boss x-session-manager[7213]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Nov 18 17:57:53 boss gnome-session[7213]: (gnome-settings-daemon:7274): media-keys-plugin-WARNING **: 2: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.
Nov 18 17:57:53 boss gnome-session[7213]: (gnome-shell:7346): Cogl-ERROR **: Failed to create texture 2d due to size/format constraints
Nov 18 17:57:54 boss gnome-session[7213]: x-session-manager[7213]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Nov 18 17:57:54 boss x-session-manager[7213]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Nov 18 17:57:54 boss x-session-manager[7213]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Nov 18 17:57:54 boss gnome-session[7213]: x-session-manager[7213]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Nov 18 17:57:54 boss x-session-manager[7213]: Unrecoverable failure in required component gnome-shell.desktop
Nov 18 17:57:54 boss x-session-manager[7213]: Entering running state

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82830M/MG/MP Host Bridge (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited. Device 113b
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0
        Region 0: Memory at <unassigned> (32-bit, prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=05 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82830M/MG Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited. Device 113c
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82830M/MG Integrated Graphics Controller
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited. Device 113c
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0 (2500ns max)
        Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Region 1: Memory at e0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

Hi Eric,

Eric Shattow wrote (19 Nov 2014 02:15:48 GMT) :

Looks like a bug in the kernel DRM drivers to me (or might be in Mesa,
or in Cogl, or in the X.Org driver, I'm definitely no expert in this
field).

Can you reproduce this bug with a kernel that we ship in Debian,
e.g. current sid's 3.16 or experimental's 3.17?

Cheers,
--
intrigeri

$ uname -srvp
Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-2 (2014-11-06) unknown

# BEGIN patch cogl-1.18.2/debian/patches/000_cogldebug.patch
Index: cogl-1.18.2/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-texture-2d-gl.c
===================================================================
--- cogl-1.18.2.orig/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-texture-2d-gl.c
+++ cogl-1.18.2/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-texture-2d-gl.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <config.h>

 #include <string.h>
+#include <syslog.h>

 #include "cogl-private.h"
 #include "cogl-texture-private.h"
@@ -127,11 +128,22 @@ allocate_with_size (CoglTexture2D *tex_2
                                        height,
                                        internal_format))
     {
+/*
       _cogl_set_error (error, COGL_TEXTURE_ERROR,
                        COGL_TEXTURE_ERROR_SIZE,
                        "Failed to create texture 2d due to size/format"
                        " constraints");
       return FALSE;
+*/
+	syslog(LOG_ERR, "COGL ERROR: allocate_with_size "
+		"ctx %lx, WxH %i x %i, ifmt %i\n",
+		(long unsigned int)ctx, width, height, internal_format);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	syslog(LOG_INFO, "COGL INFO: allocate_with_size "
+		"ctx %lx, WxH %i x %i, ifmt %i\n",
+		(long unsigned int)ctx, width, height, internal_format);
     }

   ctx->driver_vtable->pixel_format_to_gl (ctx,
@@ -196,11 +208,22 @@ allocate_from_bitmap (CoglTexture2D *tex
                                        height,
                                        internal_format))
     {
+/*
       _cogl_set_error (error, COGL_TEXTURE_ERROR,
                        COGL_TEXTURE_ERROR_SIZE,
                        "Failed to create texture 2d due to size/format"
                        " constraints");
       return FALSE;
+*/
+	syslog(LOG_ERR, "COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap "
+		"ctx %lx, WxH %i x %i, ifmt %i\n",
+		(long unsigned int)ctx, width, height, internal_format);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	syslog(LOG_INFO, "COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap "
+		"ctx %lx, WxH %i x %i, ifmt %i\n",
+		(long unsigned int)ctx, width, height, internal_format);
     }

   upload_bmp = _cogl_bitmap_convert_for_upload (bmp,

# END patch cogl-1.18.2/debian/patches/000_cogldebug.patch

# BEGIN journalctl output
-- Logs begin at Wed 2014-11-19 15:48:15 PST, end at Wed 2014-11-19 15:59:19 PST. --
Nov 19 15:58:29 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 46 x 30, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:29 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 48 x 32, ifmt 17
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 64 x 64, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 48 x 48, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 48 x 48, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 64 x 64, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 46 x 30, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 48 x 32, ifmt 17
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 10 x 10, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 337 x 34, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 10 x 10, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 82 x 29, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 10 x 10, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:31 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 83 x 29, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:32 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 18 x 18, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 20 x 20, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 77 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 102 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 306 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:33 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 51 x 51, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:36 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 10 x 10, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:36 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 337 x 34, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:36 boss gnome-shell[985]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9eaf6a0, WxH 10 x 10, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:36 boss gdm-password][3490]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user user by (unknown)(uid=0)
Nov 19 15:58:36 boss systemd-logind[498]: New session 2 of user user.
Nov 19 15:58:37 boss org.a11y.Bus[876]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
Nov 19 15:58:37 boss org.a11y.atspi.Registry[921]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
Nov 19 15:58:37 boss gdm3[596]: Child process 840 was already dead.
Nov 19 15:58:37 boss gdm3[596]: Unable to kill session worker process
Nov 19 15:58:37 boss ca.desrt.dconf[876]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
Nov 19 15:58:37 boss colord[987]: device removed: xrandr-DVI1
Nov 19 15:58:37 boss colord[987]: device removed: xrandr-VGA1
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss /etc/gdm3/Xsession[3518]: /etc/gdm3/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss gnome-session[859]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss org.gnome.Caribou.Daemon[876]: ** (caribou:1054): WARNING **: daemon.vala:186: can't hide keyboard: The connection is closed
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss org.gnome.Caribou.Daemon[876]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss polkitd(authority=local)[531]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:c1 (system bus name :1.23, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss /etc/gdm3/Xsession[3518]: localuser:user being added to access control list
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss /etc/gdm3/Xsession[3518]: openConnection: connect: No such file or directory
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss /etc/gdm3/Xsession[3518]: cannot connect to brltty at :0
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss minissdpd[513]: 4 new devices added
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss org.a11y.Bus[3559]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss org.a11y.Bus[3559]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Nov 19 15:58:38 boss org.a11y.atspi.Registry[3566]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: gnome-keyring-daemon: insufficient process capabilities, unsecure memory might get used
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: gnome-keyring-daemon: insufficient process capabilities, unsecure memory might get used
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: gnome-keyring-daemon: insufficient process capabilities, unsecure memory might get used
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: gnome-keyring-daemon: insufficient process capabilities, unsecure memory might get used
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring/gpg:0:1
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss gnome-session[3518]: GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring/gpg:0:1
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss rtkit-daemon[995]: Successfully made thread 3597 of process 3597 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss rtkit-daemon[995]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss rtkit-daemon[995]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss rtkit-daemon[995]: Successfully made thread 3599 of process 3597 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5.
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss rtkit-daemon[995]: Supervising 5 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss rtkit-daemon[995]: Supervising 5 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss rtkit-daemon[995]: Successfully made thread 3600 of process 3597 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5.
Nov 19 15:58:39 boss rtkit-daemon[995]: Supervising 6 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Nov 19 15:58:40 boss systemd-udevd[172]: Network interface NamePolicy= disabled on kernel commandline, ignoring.
Nov 19 15:58:40 boss dbus[504]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service'
Nov 19 15:58:41 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 1 x 1, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:41 boss dbus[504]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
Nov 19 15:58:42 boss dbus[504]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.locale1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service'
Nov 19 15:58:42 boss dbus[504]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.locale1'
Nov 19 15:58:43 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:44 boss python[3645]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx a5ae880, WxH 1 x 1, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss org.gnome.Caribou.Keyboard[3559]: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/types.py:282: RuntimeWarning: Mixin class caribou.settings.preferences_window.AbstractPreferencesUI is an old style class, please update this to derive from "object".
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss org.gnome.Caribou.Keyboard[3559]: RuntimeWarning)
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: > Warning:          Compat map for group 2 redefined
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: >                   Using new definition
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: > Warning:          Compat map for group 3 redefined
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: >                   Using new definition
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: > Warning:          Compat map for group 4 redefined
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: >                   Using new definition
Nov 19 15:58:45 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Nov 19 15:58:46 boss org.gnome.Caribou.Keyboard[3559]: Could not acquire org.gnome.Caribou.Keyboard
Nov 19 15:58:46 boss org.gnome.Caribou.Keyboard[3559]: Another service acquired org.gnome.Caribou.Keyboard, quitting..
Nov 19 15:58:46 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 179
Nov 19 15:58:48 boss org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources3[3559]: Bus name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources3' acquired.
Nov 19 15:58:48 boss org.gnome.OnlineAccounts[3559]: goa-daemon-Message: goa-daemon version 3.14.1 starting
Nov 19 15:58:49 boss gnome-session[3518]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process "ibus-daemon" (No such file or directory)
Nov 19 15:58:49 boss dbus[504]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' unit='geoclue.service'
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss dbus[504]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2'
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: > Warning:          Compat map for group 2 redefined
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: >                   Using new definition
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: > Warning:          Compat map for group 3 redefined
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: >                   Using new definition
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: > Warning:          Compat map for group 4 redefined
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: >                   Using new definition
Nov 19 15:58:50 boss gdm-Xorg-:0[618]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Nov 19 15:58:51 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 512 x 512, ifmt 19
Nov 19 15:58:51 boss polkitd(authority=local)[531]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:2 (system bus name :1.46 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
Nov 19 15:58:51 boss dbus[504]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.UDisks2' unit='udisks2.service'
Nov 19 15:58:51 boss udisksd[3709]: udisks daemon version 2.1.3 starting
Nov 19 15:58:51 boss dbus[504]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2'
Nov 19 15:58:51 boss udisksd[3709]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.UDisks2 on the system message bus
Nov 19 15:58:52 boss org.gtk.Private.AfcVolumeMonitor[3559]: Volume monitor alive
Nov 19 15:58:53 boss x-session-manager[3518]: Entering running state
Nov 19 15:58:53 boss gnome-session[3518]: (uint32 1,)
Nov 19 15:58:54 boss gnome-session[3518]: (zeitgeist-datahub:3751): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Nov 19 15:58:54 boss gnome-session[3518]: (zeitgeist-datahub:3751): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
Nov 19 15:58:54 boss org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[3559]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:3787): WARNING **: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:226: Unable to get name "org.gnome.zeitgeist.datahub" on the bus!
Nov 19 15:58:56 boss gnome-session[3518]: (gnome-shell:3624): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x4e01200016 not in stack
Nov 19 15:58:56 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 256 x 256, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:56 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 2048 x 1024, ifmt 2
Nov 19 15:58:56 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 512 x 1024, ifmt 2
Nov 19 15:58:56 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 2048 x 512, ifmt 2
Nov 19 15:58:56 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 512 x 512, ifmt 2
Nov 19 15:58:56 boss gnome-session[3518]: ** (caribou:3765): WARNING **: AT-SPI: Error in GetItems, sender=org.freedesktop.DBus, error=The name :1.5 was not provided by any .service files
Nov 19 15:58:57 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 256 x 256, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar4[3559]: Bus name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar4' acquired.
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 48 x 48, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:58:59 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 48 x 48, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:00 boss dbus[504]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' unit='geoclue.service'
Nov 19 15:59:00 boss dbus[504]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2'
Nov 19 15:59:00 boss gnome-session[3518]: ** (caribou:3765): WARNING **: AT-SPI: Error in GetItems, sender=(null), error=Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Nov 19 15:59:01 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:01 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 48 x 48, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 24 x 24, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss gnome-session[3518]: (gnome-settings-daemon:3579): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss gnome-session[3518]: (gnome-settings-daemon:3579): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss colord[987]: Device added: xrandr-DVI1
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 48 x 48, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss gnome-session[3518]: (gnome-shell:3624): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x4e01200016 not in stack
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss colord[987]: Device added: xrandr-VGA1
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss gnome-session[3518]: (gnome-settings-daemon:3579): color-plugin-WARNING **: unable to get EDID for xrandr-DVI1: unable to get EDID for output
Nov 19 15:59:02 boss gnome-session[3518]: (gnome-settings-daemon:3579): color-plugin-WARNING **: unable to get EDID for xrandr-VGA1: unable to get EDID for output
Nov 19 15:59:03 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 18 x 18, ifmt 17
Nov 19 15:59:03 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 256 x 256, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:03 boss gnome-session[3518]: Mesa 10.3.2 implementation error: unexpected format GL_DEPTH_STENCIL in _mesa_choose_tex_format()
Nov 19 15:59:03 boss gnome-session[3518]: Please report at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mesa
Nov 19 15:59:03 boss gnome-session[3518]: Mesa 10.3.2 implementation error: unexpected format GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT16 in _mesa_choose_tex_format()
Nov 19 15:59:03 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 1 x 1, ifmt 2
Nov 19 15:59:03 boss gnome-session[3518]: Please report at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mesa
Nov 19 15:59:03 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL ERROR: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 48 x 48, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 16 x 16, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: (gnome-shell:3624): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: Exception in callback for signal: startup-complete: Error: Requiring GSystem, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'GSystem' (any version) not found
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: _initializeUI/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:218
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: _emit@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.js:124
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: LayoutManager<._startupAnimationComplete@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:700
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: _addHandler/params[name]@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:91
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: _callOnFunction@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:203
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: _updateTweenByIndex@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:333
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: _updateTweens@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:345
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: _onEnterFrame@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:360
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: _emit@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.js:124
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: ClutterFrameTicker<._onNewFrame@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:208
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-session[3518]: ClutterFrameTicker<._init/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:183
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 256 x 256, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 1 x 1, ifmt 2
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 8 x 8, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:04 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_with_size ctx 9bca398, WxH 8 x 8, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:15 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 64 x 64, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:15 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 64 x 64, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:15 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 64 x 64, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:15 boss gnome-shell[3624]: COGL INFO: allocate_from_bitmap ctx 9bca398, WxH 64 x 64, ifmt 147
Nov 19 15:59:19 boss sudo[3943]: user : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/user/gshell ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/journalctl --since=2014-11-19 15:58:00
Nov 19 15:59:19 boss sudo[3943]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by user(uid=0)
# END log output

Smaller glyphs i.e. indicator icons in Gnome Shell are blank. Sometimes when I
load this way, the glyphs are not blank, everything looks fine.

I notice this is consistently failing for non-power-of-two texture sizes,
but only for gnome-shell[3624], not for gnome-shell[985].
3624 appears to be running as uid 'user'- the actual login session -
whereas 985 is presumably Debian-gdm running the login prompt, which is
also done using gnome-shell.

I'm not sure what would be different for the Debian-gdm instance in terms
of driver support for "NPOT" textures, but perhaps this points someone
else in the right direction?

    S

A couple things to try.

Those issues are supposedly fixed in mesa 10.4, which is in unstable
now.  It might be entirely unrelated, but to rule it out you, could
you try upgrading mesa to the version in unstable?

This error might also be worth spending some time to troubleshoot.

Best wishes,
Mike

A couple things to try.

Those issues are supposedly fixed in mesa 10.4, which is in unstable
now.  It might be entirely unrelated, but to rule it out you, could
you try upgrading mesa to the version in unstable?

This error might also be worth spending some time to troubleshoot.

Best wishes,
Mike

Control: clone -1 -2
Control: retitle -2 Requiring GSystem, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'GSystem' (any version) not found
Control: severity -2 wishlist
Control: tags -2 = patch
GNOME 3 system. gnome-shell has an optional runtime dependency
on libgsystem, which is a GNOME library for Unix-specific misc.
It uses it exactly once, to do structured logging to systemd-journald:

        if (LoginManager.haveSystemd() &&
            sessionMode.currentMode != 'gdm' &&
            sessionMode.currentMode != 'initial-setup') {
            // Do not import globally to not depend
            // on systemd on non-systemd systems.
            let GSystem = imports.gi.GSystem;
            GSystem.log_structured_print('GNOME Shell started at ' + _startDate,
                                         ['MESSAGE_ID=' + GNOMESHELL_STARTED_MESSAGE_ID]);
        } else {
            log('GNOME Shell started at ' + _startDate);
        }

... which is just not worth a dependency IMO.

We don't actually package libgsystem at all, so should probably
stub that out (if (false && ...)) and just take the non-systemd code path...
but we'd have to check with the release team.

    S

Control: clone -1 -2
Control: retitle -2 Requiring GSystem, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'GSystem' (any version) not found
Control: severity -2 wishlist
Control: tags -2 = patch
GNOME 3 system. gnome-shell has an optional runtime dependency
on libgsystem, which is a GNOME library for Unix-specific misc.
It uses it exactly once, to do structured logging to systemd-journald:

        if (LoginManager.haveSystemd() &&
            sessionMode.currentMode != 'gdm' &&
            sessionMode.currentMode != 'initial-setup') {
            // Do not import globally to not depend
            // on systemd on non-systemd systems.
            let GSystem = imports.gi.GSystem;
            GSystem.log_structured_print('GNOME Shell started at ' + _startDate,
                                         ['MESSAGE_ID=' + GNOMESHELL_STARTED_MESSAGE_ID]);
        } else {
            log('GNOME Shell started at ' + _startDate);
        }

... which is just not worth a dependency IMO.

We don't actually package libgsystem at all, so should probably
stub that out (if (false && ...)) and just take the non-systemd code path...
but we'd have to check with the release team.

    S

Anything that crashes GNOME Shell (via an assertion failure or any
other reason) has the same superficial symptom: the "fail whale"
(oops, something has gone wrong) from gnome-session.
As a result, #775235, #770130/#776911, and #780413 all have the same
superficial symptom, but I suspect their root causes differ (particularly
#775235 and the others), and they can only be distinguished easily
by log messages in syslog / the systemd Journal.

Reasons I think this is the same thing as #770130/#776911 and perhaps #780413:

* all involve approximately decade-old Intel graphics (Eric on #770130: 830M;
  Rafal on #776911: 852GM/855GM; Philip: 855GM; me on #780413: 865G)

* Eric, Rafal and Philip all report "*ERROR* pipe A underrun"
  whereas I get a different symptom for #780413 ("GPU HANG"),
  which is why I haven't merged #780413 with the others

You seem to be running systemd as pid 1, so the catch-all answer is
"in the journal" (available via either journalctl or the traditional
syslog interface).

Could you please look in the journal and see whether you are getting
an assertion failure something like this?

  May 17 01:20:15 debian gnome-session[952]: (gnome-shell:1092):
  Cogl-ERROR **: Failed to create texture 2d due to size/format
  constraints

(systemd blames it on gnome-session because it comes out of gnome-session's
stderr, which is inherited by gnome-shell - but the message is really
from gnome-shell)

My prediction is that you will. You'd typically see several iterations
of that, before gnome-session gives up hope of successfully starting
gnome-shell and displays the fail-whale instead.

That's interesting. I could only reproduce something similar on #780413
by starting the "real login" version of GNOME Shell; I only tried going
via gdm, but gdm's login screen *is* (a special configuration of)
GNOME Shell (in particular, it is the same from a graphics/compositing/3D
point of view AIUI); so if GNOME Shell is going to crash like this, it's
rather surprising that gdm's login screen does not already do the same before
we could even log in.

I'll try with startx or lightdm on my 865M hardware at some point.
It's possible that the way to reproduce this bug is something like "run
an accelerated compositing environment (GNOME Shell) on one VT, and then
try to run *another* accelerated compositing environment on another VT"?
If that was the case, then something like gdm -> xfce would work because
gdm's Shell was the first composited environment running and xfce isn't
composited; and lightdm -> GNOME Shell would also work because GNOME Shell
was the first composited environment running; but gdm -> GNOME Shell
would not.

Suggesting lightdm provides a workaround for this older hardware,
if nothing else.

We're pointing at the unsolved bugs because they sound more like what you're
experiencing than the solved #775235 does, and we hope that your additional
information might give someone enough clues to solve them.

From a purely practical point of view, if your hardware is this old,
you might well be better off with lightdm or another non-compositing *DM
instead of gdm, and/or GNOME Flashback or a non-GNOME environment instead
of GNOME Shell. On the i865M where I could reproduce #780413,
I was previously using wheezy's GNOME fallback environment (for
which GNOME Flashback is the closest equivalent in jessie), until I
retired it in favour of a second-hand Thinkpad running wheezy's
GNOME Shell.

Perhaps the jessie release notes should recommend GNOME Flashback
as the upgrade path for GNOME on hardware older than some arbitrary cutoff?
Anything with x86-64, and even the more recent 32-bit chipsets (e.g. whatever
is in the Thinkpad X60s), should be fine for GNOME; but older than that is,
realistically, not going to be tested by most developers any more.

    S

Hi Simon,

Thanks for the detailed response.

Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> writes:

...

Yes -- I thought I'd looked there, but it turns out there was enough
other stuff splurged into the journal that I'd missed the needle in that
haystack.

Exactly that -- occuring twice.

I see two of those errors, then it bails out with an Unrecoverable error.

...

Definitely -- I was aproaching this as a test of what happens if one
just goes with the defaults.  I wasn't really expecting it to be a good
idea, but its a bit of a shame when it fails so completely that one
cannot even get to a browser (so a newbie with just one computer would
then be forced to give up Debian right there).

Having just tried Flashback, I think I'd have to recommend XFCE (or LXDE)
on that hardware.

... and also will be depressingly slow when compared to the more svelt
alternatives we have available.

BTW I just upgraded back to the standard mesa packages, and can confirm
that lightdm is able to launch Gnome on this machine with the normal
packages.

Cheers, Phil.

Hi,

FWIW I've seen this same error reproduced on ATI Radeon R200 hardware in
an old IBM Thinkpad:

| gnome-session[7213]: (gnome-shell:7314): Cogl-ERROR **: Failed to create texture 2d due to size/format constraints
| gnome-session[7213]: x-session-manager[7213]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 5

gdm3 seemed to work, but the 'cog wheel' icon to choose a session type,
was not rendered.  (Probably it tries to use a non-power-of-two texture,
which this hardware does not support?)

Trying to start GNOME or GNOME Classic, the above error is fatal, and
causes a "fail-whale" with only an option to log out.

Probably GNOME is not suitable for that hardware, then.  It was a really
unfortunate experience for the (first-time) user, though.

Regards,

Control: severity 770130 important
...

After discussion with jcristau I'm downgrading this from serious to
important. It is clearly a bug, but it's a bug that as far as I can see
only manifests on hardware around 12 years old, which I think we have to
admit is no longer a primary target for Debian's default desktop.
Something other than GNOME 3 (XFCE? LXDE?) might be a better choice,
although I'm not sure how well hardware of that vintage will cope with
modern web browsers etc. either.

If there is ever a fix for this, I suspect it is most likely to take the
form of either gnome-shell or Mesa refusing to try to do GL rendering on
hardware that only supports power-of-two texture sizes, and either showing
an error or falling back to llvmpipe (software) rendering (which seems
unlikely to have reasonable performance on hardware of this age either).

    S

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