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and subject line Bug#1118454: fixed in gdm3 49.1-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1118454,
regarding gdm3: GDM3 49 fails startup with: unix_chkpwd[2062]: could not obtain
user info (gdm-greeter)
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm3
Version: 49.1-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
I upgraded to gdm 49.1 from Experimental, and now GDM3 fails to start: it just
hangs.
In the logs I found this error:
unix_chkpwd[2062]: could not obtain user info (gdm-greeter)
I found this similar bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/2121017
I do have libnss-systemd 258.1-1 installed and /etc/nsswitch.conf contains
passwd: files systemd
group: files systemd
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (250, 'stable'), (160,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.16.12+deb14+1-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_IE:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 23.13.9-8
ii alacritty [x-terminal-emulator] 0.15.1-4
ii dbus [default-dbus-system-bus] 1.16.2-2
ii dbus-bin 1.16.2-2
ii dbus-broker [dbus-system-bus] 37-2
ii dbus-daemon 1.16.2-2
ii dconf-cli 0.49.0-1
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.49.0-1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.91
ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 49.1-1
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 49.1-1
ii gnome-session-bin 49.1-1
ii gnome-session-common 49.1-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 48.1-2
ii gnome-shell 49.1-1
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.58.0-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 49.1-1
ii libaccountsservice0 23.13.9-8
ii libaudit1 1:4.1.2-1
ii libc6 2.41-12
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.44.3+dfsg-3
ii libgdm1 49.1-1
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.86.0-6
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.86.0-6
ii libgtk-3-0t64 3.24.51-1
ii libgudev-1.0-0 238-7
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.10.8+ds-1
ii libkeyutils1 1.6.3-6
ii libnss-systemd 258.1-1
ii libpam-modules 1.7.0-5
ii libpam-runtime 1.7.0-5
ii libpam-systemd [logind] 258.1-1
ii libpam0g 1.7.0-5
ii librsvg2-common 2.60.0+dfsg-1+b1
ii libselinux1 3.8.1-1
ii libsystemd0 258.1-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.12-1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.11-1
ii libxcb1 1.17.0-2+b1
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.5-1
ii polkitd 126-2
ii procps 2:4.0.4-9
ii ptyxis [x-terminal-emulator] 49.1-1
ii systemd [systemd-sysusers] 258.1-1
ii systemd-sysv 258.1-1
ii ucf 3.0052
ii x11-common 1:7.7+25
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+11
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi2-core 2.58.1-1
ii desktop-base 14.0.0~pre2
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 49.1-1
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7+9
ii xserver-xephyr 2:21.1.18-2
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+25
ii zenity 4.1.99-1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii libpam-fprintd 1.94.5-2
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 48.0-4
pn libpam-pkcs11 <none>
pn libpam-sss <none>
ii orca 49.1-1
-- debconf information:
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
* shared/default-x-display-manager: lightdm
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: gdm3
Source-Version: 49.1-2
Done: Simon McVittie <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gdm3, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Simon McVittie <[email protected]> (supplier of updated gdm3 package)
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:18:06 +0000
Source: gdm3
Architecture: source
Version: 49.1-2
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Simon McVittie <[email protected]>
Closes: 1116563 1118454
Changes:
gdm3 (49.1-2) experimental; urgency=medium
.
* Team upload
* d/control: Depend on a version of libnss-systemd with #1118640 fixed.
Otherwise, looking up the gdm-greeter* dynamic users in shadow/gshadow
will not work on systems that were installed as Debian 11 or older,
and then upgraded. (Closes: #1116563, #1118454) (LP: #2121017)
* d/greeter.dconf-defaults: Improve documentation a bit
* d/greeter.dconf-defaults: Mention the accent colour option.
When we reach the forky freeze and background/branding images become
available in desktop-base, we might want to set this to a coordinating
colour (see #1105056). Until then, leave the default commented-out.
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