RE: gnome-shell-list Digest, Vol 75, Issue 5

[John Frankish <john frankish outlook com>]

> > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, 13 December, 2014 17:37
> > > > > > > To: gnome-shell-list gnome org
> > > > > > > Subject: gnome-session-3.14.0 will not start
> > > > gnome-session1[16546]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop'
> > > > failed
> > > to register before timeout
> > >
> > > It would be good if somebody would reply, even if it is to say "this
> > > is the wrong mailing list you fool"
> > >
> > > Merry Christmas :(
> > Likely people on vacation.  How about filling a bug or coming on irc?
>
> Bump
>
> hi there,
> its better to supply more information when asking for help,
> e.g. make and model of your computer, graphics card, distro (ubuntu or arch)
> checking with your distro forums is a good place to start, also  http://askubuntu.com/ has alot of 
> information.
> google is also very helpful 
> https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=1&tbs=qdr:y&q=gnome-session1%5B16546%5D%3A+WARNING%3A+Application+%>
>  27gnome-shell.desktop%27+%3E+%3E+%3E+failed+%3E+%3E+to+register+before+timeout

I'd already googled extensively on this error - all the hits I could find mention other errors in addition to 
the "Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' failed to register before timeout" (i.e. gnome-settings-daemon failed 
to register, libblah.so missing, etc).

Since the only error I have is the gnome-shell one, it would tend to suggest that my problem is a runtime dep 
of gnome-shell, but what?

FWIW - Dell Latitude E7240, Intel HD4600 graphics, Tinycorelinux, x86_64 - other details are in the first 
post and attached and cut & pasted error logs in subsequent posts.

I'm guessing dbus-monitor might help, but what to look for?