Aw: Re: Aw: Re: Aw: Re: Aw: Re: startx fails after update

Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 10:59 PM

From: "Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Aw: Re: Aw: Re: Aw: Re: startx fails after update

On 6/27/26 12:39 PM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> *>Sent: *Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
> *From: *"Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>
> *To: *[email protected]
> *Subject: *Re: Aw: Re: Aw: Re: startx fails after update
> On 6/27/26 3:07 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> > Running gnome-shell brings me in a graphics window but without my usual
> > gnome environment properly set.
>
> What do you mean by "usual gnome environment"?
> Typically, I have 2 bars: top and bottom bars that I can manage using
> gnome-extensions for example.

I just tried it again and it worked fine. I already had the top bar and
then I installed the frippery bottom bar and it worked too.

> > In addition, I cannot update gnome-shell, gnome-shell-common, gnome-
> > shell-frippery
> > I get
> > Transaction failed: Signature verification failed.
> > Public key "file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rmy" is already present,
> > not importing.
> > OpenPGP check for package "gnome-shell-50.2-1.rmy1.fc44.x86_64" (/var/
> > cache/libdnf5/frippery-a6c2de037ec9e37d/packages/gnome-
> > shell-50.2-1.rmy1.fc44.x86_64.rpm) from repo "frippery" has failed:
> > Public key is not installed.
>
> Those aren't the Fedora packages. You're using outside packages from
> some other repo and there's something wrong with the signing key there.
> Maybe you should switch back to the distro ones. I don't know what
> "gnome-shell-frippery" is, but there are several "frippery" gnome shell
> extensions available.
> I understand the point for gnome-shell-frippery. but why I cannot update
> gnome-shell and gnome-shell-common.

Because you're getting those from that other repo as well.

> frippery is just one of the gnome applications
> https://frippery.org/extensions/shell.html
> Is it not part of fedora? It was been running like a charm for a while.
> It seems that people has already complain because gnome desktop is not
> anymore supported by fedora.

That "frippery" thing is not part of Fedora. It's an external repo you
added. But there are the frippery extensions in Fedora.
Where did that nonsense about Gnome not being supported by Fedora come
from? Someone mentioned it on Facebook too. It's the primary desktop!

> Without a properly running DM, I cannot manage my applications.
> Currently my uodate to fedora 44 is stuck.

Disable that external repo before doing the update.

Here is the list of repo that I used to use. Which ones should I remove?

adoptium-temurin-java-repository.repo
_copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm.repo
fedora-cisco-openh264.repo
fedora-rawhide.repo
fedora.repo
fedora-updates.repo
fedora-updates-testing.repo
frippery.repo
google-chrome.repo
protonvpn-stable.repo
pympress.repo
pympress.repo.saved
rpmfusion-free.repo
rpmfusion-free-updates.repo
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing.repo
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver.repo
rpmfusion-nonfree.repo
rpmfusion-nonfree-steam.repo
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing.repo
skype-stable.repo
teams.repo
virtualbox.repo
vivaldi-fedora.repo
vivaldi.repo
vscode.repo
webmin.repo

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