rhel7: Desktop environment doesn't start with the error "symbol lookup error: /lib64/libclutter-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol"

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Issue

  • Desktop environment doesn't start.
  • An error indicates that symbol lookup failed is logged in /var/log/messages.

    localhost gnome-session: /usr/bin/gnome-shell: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libclutter-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: cogl_xlib_renderer_request_reset_on_video_memory_purge
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • GNOME Desktop Environment

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