System boots to a blank screen

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Issue

  • When I boot up the machine it boots up to a blank screen. I can hit ALT-F2 and get to a text login and that works, but GNOME doesn't work.

    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: (gnome-shell:24998): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: Error: Too few arguments to method TelepathyGLib.prepare_async expected 3 got 2
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: MessageTrayMenu<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/messageTray.js:1633
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: _Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:110
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:204
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: MessageTrayMenuButton<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/messageTray.js:1726
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: _Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:110
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:204
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: MessageTray<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/messageTray.js:1950
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: _Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:110
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:204
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: _initializeUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:153
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: start@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:112
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: @<main>:1
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: ** Message: Execution of main.js threw exception: JS_EvaluateScript() failed
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: gnome-session[24710]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell-classic.desktop' exited with code 1
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: gnome-session[24710]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell-classic.desktop' respawning too quickly
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session[24710]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell-classic.desktop' exited with code 1
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session[24710]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell-classic.desktop' respawning too quickly
    Jul 12 12:30:24 localhost gnome-session: Unrecoverable failure in required component gnome-shell-classic.desktop
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
  • Gnome Desktop

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