gnome-shell not starting

[Mads Villadsen <maxx krakoa dk>]

When I try to start gnome-shell using the start-in-Xephyr script all I
end up with is a Xephyr window containing xeyes and an xterm - no window
manager or anything else.

I have attached the output from start-in-Xephyr -v.

I have also tried running start-replace which kills my panels, tries to
start, then dies, and my panels get reloaded.

Any suggestions for a way forward - or a way to get more debug
information?

Kind regards.
-- 
Mads Villadsen <maxx krakoa dk>

[maxx ice scripts]$ ./start-in-Xephyr -v
xauth:  creating new authority file /tmp/gnome-shell.6W5EIj/database
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
unrecognised device identifier!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
Warning: Cannot convert string "xlogo32" to type Pixmap
Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
      JS CTX: Changing JavaScript version to 1.8 from default
      JS CTX: Creating load context for runtime 0x8b69888
      JS CTX: Changing JavaScript version to 1.8 from default
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   JS IMPORT: Importing directory 'ui'
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   JS IMPORT: JS import 'gi' not found in /home/maxx/gnome-shell/source/gnome-shell/js
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   JS IMPORT: JS import 'gi' not found in /usr/share/gjs-1.0
   JS IMPORT: Importing '/home/maxx/gnome-shell/install/lib/gjs-1.0/gi.so'
   JS IMPORT: Defining parent 0x8b85780 of 0x8b85a00 'gi' is mod 1
   JS NATIVE: Registered native JS module 'gi'
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   JS IMPORT: successfully imported module 'gi'
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   JS IMPORT: JS import 'signals' not found in /home/maxx/gnome-shell/source/gnome-shell/js
   JS IMPORT: Importing '/home/maxx/gnome-shell/install/share/gjs-1.0/signals.js'
   JS IMPORT: Defining parent 0x8b85780 of 0x8b85b00 'signals' is mod 1
   JS IMPORT: successfully imported module 'signals'
   JS IMPORT: JS import 'mainloop' not found in /home/maxx/gnome-shell/source/gnome-shell/js
   JS IMPORT: JS import 'mainloop' not found in /home/maxx/gnome-shell/install/share/gjs-1.0
   JS IMPORT: JS import 'mainloop' not found in /usr/share/gjs-1.0
   JS IMPORT: Importing '/home/maxx/gnome-shell/install/lib/gjs-1.0/mainloop.so'
   JS IMPORT: Defining parent 0x8b85780 of 0x8b85c20 'mainloop' is mod 1
   JS NATIVE: Registered native JS module 'mainloop'
   JS NATIVE: Defining native module 'mainloop'
   JS IMPORT: successfully imported module 'mainloop'
   JS IMPORT: JS import 'tweener' not found in /home/maxx/gnome-shell/source/gnome-shell/js
   JS IMPORT: Adding directory '/home/maxx/gnome-shell/install/share/gjs-1.0/tweener' to child importer 'tweener'
   JS IMPORT: Importing directory 'tweener'
   JS IMPORT: Defining parent 0x8b85780 of 0x8b85c40 'tweener' is mod 1
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   JS IMPORT: successfully imported directory 'tweener'
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   JS IMPORT: successfully imported module 'tweenList'
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   JS IMPORT: Importing '/home/maxx/gnome-shell/source/gnome-shell/js/ui/button.js'
   JS IMPORT: Defining parent 0x8b85800 of 0x8bc9160 'button' is mod 1
     JS G NS: Found info type STRUCT for 'Color' in namespace 'Clutter'
   JS G REPO: Initializing dynamic class Color 0x8b13870
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