Gnome Shell crashes immediately after login

I login using username and password with GDM. The login is successful and GDM launches Gnome Shell. Gnome Shell crashes with

Dec 24 16:30:43 ssi gdm-x-session[70517]: GLib: Source ID 2 was not found when attempting to remove it
Dec 24 16:31:00 ssi gdm-password][72270]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Dec 24 16:31:03 ssi gnome-shell[72387]: Could not find cursor. Perhaps set XCURSOR_PATH?
Dec 24 16:31:03 ssi pulseaudio[72388]: module-rescue-stream is obsolete and should no longer be loaded. Please remove it from your configuration.
Dec 24 16:31:03 ssi systemd[72282]: Failed to start GNOME Shell on X11.
β–‘β–‘ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
β–‘β–‘ Defined-By: systemd
β–‘β–‘ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
β–‘β–‘ 
β–‘β–‘ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
β–‘β–‘ 
β–‘β–‘ The job identifier is 75 and the job result is failed.
Dec 24 16:31:04 ssi systemd-coredump[72409]: Process 72387 (gnome-shell) of user 1000 dumped core.
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72387:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffcf7e615 raise (libc.so.6 + 0x3d615)
                                             #1  0x000055cc7c6b2ad9 n/a (gnome-shell + 0x2ad9)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffcf7e6a0 __restore_rt (libc.so.6 + 0x3d6a0)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffddd5968 g_log_structured_array (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x59968)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffddd5f86 g_log_default_handler (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x59f86)
                                             #5  0x000055cc7c6b28dc n/a (gnome-shell + 0x28dc)
                                             #6  0x00007f7ffddd7059 g_logv (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5b059)
                                             #7  0x00007f7ffddd7300 g_log (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5b300)
                                             #8  0x00007f7ffd164aa8 n/a (libmutter-7.so.0 + 0x58aa8)
                                             #9  0x00007f7ffd18b4cd n/a (libmutter-7.so.0 + 0x7f4cd)
                                             #10 0x00007f7ffd165496 n/a (libmutter-7.so.0 + 0x59496)
                                             #11 0x00007f7ffd16560b meta_cursor_tracker_set_pointer_visible (libmutter-7.so.0 + 0x5960b)
                                             #12 0x00007f7ffc66dacd n/a (libffi.so.7 + 0x6acd)
                                             #13 0x00007f7ffc66d03a n/a (libffi.so.7 + 0x603a)
                                             #14 0x00007f7ffd4d1ad3 n/a (libgjs.so.0 + 0x3aad3)
                                             #15 0x00007f7ffd4d2057 n/a (libgjs.so.0 + 0x3b057)
                                             #16 0x00007f7ffa7288bd n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x43d8bd)
                                             #17 0x00007f7ffa7a11f0 n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x4b61f0)
                                             #18 0x00007f7ffaab2067 n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x7c7067)
                                             #19 0x00007f7ffab9ac8b n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x8afc8b)
                                             #20 0x00007f7ffacb09b4 n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x9c59b4)
                                             #21 0x00007f7ffacb0b90 _ZN2JS8EvaluateEP9JSContextNS_6HandleINS_13StackGCVectorIP8JSObjectN2js15TempAllocPolicyE>
                                             #22 0x00007f7ffd4f1b36 n/a (libgjs.so.0 + 0x5ab36)
                                             #23 0x00007f7ffd4f23ee gjs_context_eval (libgjs.so.0 + 0x5b3ee)
                                             #24 0x00007f7ffe123360 n/a (libgnome-shell.so + 0x21360)
                                             #25 0x00007f7ffd19f1a6 n/a (libmutter-7.so.0 + 0x931a6)
                                             #26 0x00007f7ffd1c4d4b n/a (libmutter-7.so.0 + 0xb8d4b)
                                             #27 0x00007f7ffd1d91ba meta_run (libmutter-7.so.0 + 0xcd1ba)
                                             #28 0x000055cc7c6b2417 n/a (gnome-shell + 0x2417)
                                             #29 0x00007f7ffcf69152 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x28152)
                                             #30 0x000055cc7c6b260e n/a (gnome-shell + 0x260e)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72398:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffc5e26a2 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libpthread.so.0 + 0xf6a2)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ff15a8eac n/a (iris_dri.so + 0x4d2eac)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ff15a8da8 n/a (iris_dri.so + 0x4d2da8)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72403:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffc5e26a2 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libpthread.so.0 + 0xf6a2)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffaa2d67c _ZN7mozilla6detail21ConditionVariableImpl8wait_forERNS0_9MutexImplERKNS_16BaseTimeDuratio>
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffaa2d171 n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x742171)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffaccfbab n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x9e4bab)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72402:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffc5e26a2 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libpthread.so.0 + 0xf6a2)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffaa2d67c _ZN7mozilla6detail21ConditionVariableImpl8wait_forERNS0_9MutexImplERKNS_16BaseTimeDuratio>
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffaa2d171 n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x742171)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffaccfbab n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x9e4bab)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72393:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffd03646f __poll (libc.so.6 + 0xf546f)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffde2275f n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xa675f)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffddcd121 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x51121)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffddcd172 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x51172)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffddfbce1 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x7fce1)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #6  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72395:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffd03646f __poll (libc.so.6 + 0xf546f)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffde2275f n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xa675f)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffddcde63 g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x51e63)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffe009fe8 n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x101fe8)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffddfbce1 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x7fce1)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #6  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72394:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffd03bd5d syscall (libc.so.6 + 0xfad5d)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffde1b8bb g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x9f8bb)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffdd9e813 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x22813)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffddfeceb n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x82ceb)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffddfbce1 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x7fce1)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #6  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72405:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffc5e26a2 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libpthread.so.0 + 0xf6a2)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffaa2d67c _ZN7mozilla6detail21ConditionVariableImpl8wait_forERNS0_9MutexImplERKNS_16BaseTimeDuratio>
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffaa2d171 n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x742171)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffaccfbab n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x9e4bab)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72396:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffd03646f __poll (libc.so.6 + 0xf546f)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffde2275f n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xa675f)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffddcd121 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x51121)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffe0cdc0e n/a (libdconfsettings.so + 0x5c0e)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffddfbce1 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x7fce1)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #6  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72401:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffd03bd5d syscall (libc.so.6 + 0xfad5d)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffde1b8bb g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x9f8bb)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffdd9e813 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x22813)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffddfeceb n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x82ceb)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffddfbce1 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x7fce1)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #6  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72404:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffc5e26a2 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libpthread.so.0 + 0xf6a2)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ffaa2d67c _ZN7mozilla6detail21ConditionVariableImpl8wait_forERNS0_9MutexImplERKNS_16BaseTimeDuratio>
                                             #2  0x00007f7ffaa2d171 n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x742171)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffaccfbab n/a (libmozjs-78.so + 0x9e4bab)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #5  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72397:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffc5e26a2 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libpthread.so.0 + 0xf6a2)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ff15a8eac n/a (iris_dri.so + 0x4d2eac)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ff15a8da8 n/a (iris_dri.so + 0x4d2da8)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72399:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffc5e26a2 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libpthread.so.0 + 0xf6a2)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ff15a8eac n/a (iris_dri.so + 0x4d2eac)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ff15a8da8 n/a (iris_dri.so + 0x4d2da8)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 72400:
                                             #0  0x00007f7ffc5e26a2 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libpthread.so.0 + 0xf6a2)
                                             #1  0x00007f7ff15a8eac n/a (iris_dri.so + 0x4d2eac)
                                             #2  0x00007f7ff15a8da8 n/a (iris_dri.so + 0x4d2da8)
                                             #3  0x00007f7ffc5dc3e9 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x93e9)
                                             #4  0x00007f7ffd041293 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x100293)

I can login successful with i3.

Any suggestion of what to do?

I already tried

$ pacman -S xcursos-breeze

and it didn’t resolve the issue reported here.

To me this looks like a partial update and/or updated system that was not rebooted. To make sure, run from terminal or TTY:
sudo pacman-mirrors -f5 && sudo pacman -Syyu
once is done
systemctl reboot

Otherwise, share more details about your system as described here:

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