Unable to run session: cannot run GNOME on Xorg in gdm

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I cannot log in to any kind of Xorg version of GNOME (GNOME on Xorg, Classic on Xorg), and GDM brings me back to initial page, while logging in to GNOME on Wayland works perfectly.

I have exactly same problem described here: GDM Login loop when logining to Gnome on xorg
but it didn’t fix after removing ~/.Xauthority

At the beginning I thought it must be problem of Xorg itself, and I looked for Xorg log file, but I couldn’t find anything special or sufficient to fix it. So I tried to log in using lightdm instead and it worked.

Here is my journalctl and eos-log-tool.logs:
https://0x0.st/Hx-3.txt

gnome-x-session suddenly logged “Unable to run session” and the server stopped working
and im unsure if some lines of libinput errors like “(EE) libinput: PC Speaker: Failed to create a device for /dev/input/event4” would be the root cause

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Hi jinn - welcome to the forum!

I don’t have a permanent solution to your problem, but the following may get you into the gnome desktop:

CTRL ALT F2 or CTRL ALT F3

Log into the TTY as asked.

type: startx (enter)

With any luck you will be in gnome desktop enviroment.

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welcome to the purple fun :enos:

You do run any extensions? may installed one before the issue starts?
You can disable them from a TTY (press Ctrl+Alt+F4):

gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-user-extensions true

and restart GDM sudo systemctl restart gdm
to see if you can start gnome-shell again