Error invoking Clutter.from_pixel

[Belisarivs]

$ gnome-shell --replace
      JS LOG: Loading tweener.js
      JS LOG: Loading tweenlist.js
      JS LOG: Done loading tweenlist.js
      JS LOG: Done loading tweener.js
Window manager warning: Log level 16: Failed to load shared library 'clutter-glx-1.0' referenced by the typelib: libclutter-glx-1.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    JS ERROR: !!! Exception was: Error: Error invoking Clutter.from_pixel: Could not locate clutter_color_from_pixel: libclutter-glx-1.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This bug prevents gnome-shell from starting.

It looks for libclutter-glx-1.0.so instead of libclutter-glx-1.0.so.0
I created symlink libclutter-glx-1.0.so -> libclutter-glx-1.0.so.0.0.0 and now it works.

So, it is simple to fix.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gnome-shell 2.27.2-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

Confirming. gnome-shell is looking for the un-sonamed library. Obviously gnome-shell starts with the libclutter-1.0-dev installed, but will not start with just libclutter-1.0-0.

I haven't checked any further, but this would seem to require a patch to either the javascript looking for that library or to gjs.

[Maia Everett (linneris)]

Since Karmic has reached its end of life, I'm closing this bug. Reopen it if you experience it in Oneiric.