No status bar, no menus, nothing but the desktop icons I have in the Desktop folder in my home directory.
Some messages from /var/log/rsyslog pertaining to X:
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May 16 16:27:22 mybox systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
May 16 16:27:25 mybox systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical Interface.
May 16 16:27:25 mybox systemd[1]: Starting Graphical Interface.
May 16 16:27:26 mybox systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of gdm.
May 16 16:27:26 mybox systemd[1]: Starting User Slice of gdm.
May 16 16:27:26 mybox systemd-logind[2178]: New session c1 of user gdm.
May 16 16:27:26 mybox systemd[1]: Started Session c1 of user gdm.
May 16 16:27:26 mybox systemd[1]: Starting Session c1 of user gdm.
May 16 16:27:26 mybox gdm-launch-environment]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user gdm by (uid=0)
May 16 16:27:28 mybox gnome-session[2922]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:27:28 mybox gnome-session[2922]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:27:28 mybox gnome-session[2922]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:27:28 mybox gnome-session[2922]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:27:35 mybox gnome-shell[2964]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js 315]: reference to undefined property "MetaStage"
May 16 16:27:35 mybox gnome-shell[2964]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 221]: reference to undefined property "MetaWindowGroup"
May 16 16:27:35 mybox gnome-shell[2964]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdMonitorLabeler.js 59]: reference to undefined property "MetaDBusDisplayConfigSkeleton"
May 16 16:27:37 mybox polkitd[2044]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:c1 (system bus name :1.31 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 16 16:27:37 mybox gnome-shell[2964]: Failed to load background 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-lock.jpg': Error opening file /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-lock.jpg: No such file or directory
May 16 16:27:37 mybox gnome-session-binary[2922]: Entering running state
May 16 16:27:39 mybox gnome-shell[2964]: Some code accessed the property 'AuthList' on the module 'authList'. That property was defined with 'let' or 'const' inside the module. This was previously supported, but is not correct according to the ES6 standard. Any symbols to be exported from a module must be defined with 'var'. The property access will work as previously for the time being, but please fix your code anyway.
May 16 16:27:39 mybox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[2964]: Window manager warning: "XF86RFKill" is not a valid accelerator
May 16 16:27:39 mybox gnome-shell[2964]: Error looking up permission: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for geolocation
May 16 16:27:39 mybox gnome-shell[2964]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/gdm/realmd.js 130]: reference to undefined property "_loginFormat"
May 16 16:27:39 mybox gnome-shell[2964]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 29]: reference to undefined property "MetaWindowX11"
May 16 16:28:52 mybox gdm-password]: pam_sss(gdm-password:auth): authentication success; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1 ruser= rhost= user=vtwin
May 16 16:28:53 mybox systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of vtwin.
May 16 16:28:53 mybox systemd[1]: Starting User Slice of vtwin.
May 16 16:28:53 mybox systemd-logind[2178]: New session 2 of user vtwin.
May 16 16:28:53 mybox systemd[1]: Started Session 2 of user vtwin.
May 16 16:28:53 mybox systemd[1]: Starting Session 2 of user vtwin.
May 16 16:28:53 mybox gdm-password]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user vtwin by (uid=0)
May 16 16:28:56 mybox gnome-session-binary[2922]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sharing.desktop' killed by signal 15
May 16 16:28:56 mybox gnome-session[2922]: gnome-session-binary[2922]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sharing.desktop' killed by signal 15
May 16 16:28:56 mybox gnome-session[2922]: gnome-session-binary[2922]: WARNING: Lost name on bus: org.gnome.SessionManager
May 16 16:28:56 mybox gnome-session-binary[2922]: WARNING: Lost name on bus: org.gnome.SessionManager
May 16 16:28:56 mybox gnome-session-f[3465]: Cannot open display:
May 16 16:28:57 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502537.412667]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: Starting imsettings-daemon...
May 16 16:28:57 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502537.414277]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: [HOME=/home/user/vtwin/.config/imsettings]
May 16 16:28:57 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502537.415287]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: [XINPUTRCDIR=/etc/X11/xinit/]
May 16 16:28:57 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502537.416265]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: [XINPUTDIR=/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/]
May 16 16:28:57 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502537.417141]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: [MODULEDIR=/usr/lib64/imsettings]
May 16 16:28:57 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502537.418087]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: [MODULES=gsettings, qt]
May 16 16:29:13 mybox gnome-session[3724]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:29:13 mybox gnome-session[3724]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:29:13 mybox gnome-session[3724]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:29:13 mybox gnome-session[3724]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:29:13 mybox gnome-session[3724]: generating cookie with syscall
May 16 16:29:14 mybox gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop[3761]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1734686988/keyring/ssh
May 16 16:29:14 mybox gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop[3759]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1734686988/keyring/ssh
May 16 16:29:14 mybox gnome-keyring-secrets.desktop[3760]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1734686988/keyring/ssh
May 16 16:30:44 mybox gnome-session[3724]: gnome-session-binary[3724]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' failed to register before timeout
May 16 16:30:44 mybox gnome-session-binary[3724]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.Shell.desktop
May 16 16:30:44 mybox gnome-session-f[3880]: Cannot open display:
May 16 16:30:44 mybox spice-vdagent[3897]: Cannot access vdagent virtio channel /dev/virtio-ports/com.redhat.spice.0
May 16 16:30:44 mybox gnome-session[3724]: gnome-session-binary[3724]: WARNING: App 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1
May 16 16:30:44 mybox gsd-rfkill[3889]: Error setting up rfkill: Could not open RFKILL control device, please verify your installation
May 16 16:30:44 mybox dbus[1996]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service'
May 16 16:30:44 mybox systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
May 16 16:30:44 mybox dbus[1996]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
May 16 16:30:44 mybox gsd-housekeepin[3912]: Loading NVML: libnvidia-ml.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
May 16 16:30:44 mybox dbus[1996]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' unit='geoclue.service'
May 16 16:30:44 mybox gsd-xsettings[3893]: Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist
May 16 16:30:46 mybox kernel: [ 244.623995] lockd: server myserver.mydomain not responding, still trying
May 16 16:32:14 mybox gnome-session-binary[3724]: WARNING: Application 'pulseaudio.desktop' failed to register before timeout
May 16 16:32:14 mybox gnome-session[3724]: gnome-session-binary[3724]: WARNING: Application 'pulseaudio.desktop' failed to register before timeout
May 16 16:32:16 mybox gnome-session-binary[3724]: Entering running state
May 16 16:32:16 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502736.145498]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: Attempting to switch IM to none [lang=en_US.UTF-8, update=false]
May 16 16:32:16 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: /usr/libexec/imsettings-target-checker.sh: line 71: [: ==: unary operator expected
May 16 16:32:16 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502736.273371]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: no need to invoke any auxiliary process for none
May 16 16:32:16 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502736.274372]: IMSettings-Daemon[3547]: INFO: no need to invoke any main process for none
May 16 16:32:16 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502736.279725]: IMSettings-Qt backend[3547]: INFO: Setting up xim as Qt immodule
May 16 16:32:16 mybox com.redhat.imsettings[3477]: [ 1526502736.280917]: IMSettings-GSettings backend[3547]: INFO: Setting up gtk-im-context-simple:xim as gtk+ immodule
May 16 16:32:45 mybox evolution-calen[4456]: book_client_connected_cb: Unable to connect to 'Personal': Timeout was reached
May 16 20:38:53 mybox org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.desktop[3914]: lock: No locks available
May 16 20:45:54 mybox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[3769]: lock: No locks available
May 16 20:45:55 mybox gnome-shell[3769]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js 315]: reference to undefined property "MetaStage"
May 16 20:45:55 mybox gnome-shell[3769]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 221]: reference to undefined property "MetaWindowGroup"
May 16 20:45:55 mybox gnome-shell[3769]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdMonitorLabeler.js 59]: reference to undefined property "MetaDBusDisplayConfigSkeleton"
May 16 20:45:56 mybox gnome-shell[3769]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/slider.js 38]: reference to undefined property "CallyActor"
May 16 20:45:58 mybox gnome-shell[3769]: Failed to load background 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-lock.jpg': Error opening file /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-lock.jpg: No such file or directory
May 16 20:46:23 mybox gsd-xsettings[3893]: Failed to get current display configuration state: Timeout was reached
May 16 20:46:48 mybox gsd-color[3910]: failed to get screens: Timeout was reached
May 16 20:46:48 mybox gsd-wacom[3892]: Failed to construct RR screen: Timeout was reached
May 16 22:23:10 mybox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[3769]: lock: No locks available
I can log in as root and get a "normal" gnome desktop. I can also log in using a KDE desktop and things seem to work.
Not sure where to go with this one. It is happening on several systems I administer. Any pointers to a resolution would be appreciated.