Cannot launch gnome-session from command line
by smiledt from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4QRAX)
I'm trying to right a system service unit file that launches a gnome-session then connects a vnc server to it.
I can't get the gnome-session of it to work, however. If I run "XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session gnome-session" from the cli, I get the error: Code:[session uid=1000 pid=3191] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=3192 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
dbus-daemon[3191]: [session uid=1000 pid=3191] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1Here is part of the syslog:
Code:Sep 19 18:10:14 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17845]: [session uid=1000 pid=17841] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is en
abled
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is en
abled
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.f
reedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.3' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-
binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedes
ktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.a
11y.Bus' requested by ':1.4' (uid=1000 pid=17898 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-acceler" label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.Bus'
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 org.a11y.Bus[17875]: dbus-daemon[17907]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry' requested by ':1.0' (uid=1000 pid=17898 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-acceler" label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 org.a11y.Bus[17875]: dbus-daemon[17907]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 org.a11y.Bus[17875]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested by ':1.7' (uid=1000 pid=17898 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-acceler" label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.11' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.13' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.15' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.17' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.19' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.20' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 systemd[1]: Started Remote desktop service (VNC).
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop[17947]: GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/smiledt/.cache/keyring-V9GD8Z
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.20' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedes
ktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-keyring-secrets.desktop[17949]: GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/smiledt/.cach
e/keyring-V9GD8Z
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop[17946]: GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/smiledt/.cache/keyring-V9GD8Z
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop[17946]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/smiledt/.cache/keyring-V9GD8Z/ssh
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.20' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[17964]: Window manager warning: Unsupported session type
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[17967]: Window manager warning: Unsupported session type
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.Shell.desktop
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....Is there a log that would provide any sort of clue as to why this has been happening? I've been googling for days, I've posted multiple places, but I've made no progress.


I can't get the gnome-session of it to work, however. If I run "XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session gnome-session" from the cli, I get the error: Code:[session uid=1000 pid=3191] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=3192 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
dbus-daemon[3191]: [session uid=1000 pid=3191] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1Here is part of the syslog:
Code:Sep 19 18:10:14 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17845]: [session uid=1000 pid=17841] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is en
abled
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is en
abled
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.f
reedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.3' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-
binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedes
ktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.a
11y.Bus' requested by ':1.4' (uid=1000 pid=17898 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-acceler" label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.Bus'
Sep 19 18:10:15 testvm03 org.a11y.Bus[17875]: dbus-daemon[17907]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry' requested by ':1.0' (uid=1000 pid=17898 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-acceler" label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 org.a11y.Bus[17875]: dbus-daemon[17907]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 org.a11y.Bus[17875]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested by ':1.7' (uid=1000 pid=17898 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-acceler" label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.11' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.13' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.15' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.17' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.19' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.20' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:16 testvm03 systemd[1]: Started Remote desktop service (VNC).
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop[17947]: GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/smiledt/.cache/keyring-V9GD8Z
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.20' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedes
ktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-keyring-secrets.desktop[17949]: GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/smiledt/.cach
e/keyring-V9GD8Z
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop[17946]: GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/smiledt/.cache/keyring-V9GD8Z
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop[17946]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/smiledt/.cache/keyring-V9GD8Z/ssh
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.20' (uid=1000 pid=17828 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary " label="unconfined")
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 dbus-daemon[17875]: [session uid=1000 pid=17873] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[17964]: Window manager warning: Unsupported session type
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[17967]: Window manager warning: Unsupported session type
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.Shell.desktop
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session[17828]: gnome-session-binary[17828]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Sep 19 18:10:17 testvm03 gnome-session-binary[17828]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....Is there a log that would provide any sort of clue as to why this has been happening? I've been googling for days, I've posted multiple places, but I've made no progress.