Re: startx fails after update

On 6/29/26 12:38 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> *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 <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?
> frippery.repo

This is the only one that has been mentioned as causing problems so far.
Although of course I would also recommend switching to KVM/qemu instead 
of virtualbox.

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