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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.22.3-3+deb9u1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
after upgrading to stretch user switch (with gnome-shell and gdm3) became
almost unusable:
sometimes it will work, sometimes it will just give me the password prompt of
the user I'm trying to switch away from instead of the login screen, and
sometimes it will just give me the lock screen and I won't be able to login
with any user until I suspend and resume the system once or twice.
(When this happens, pressing enter gives me a fraction of a seconds worth of
flickering to he login screen and back to the lock screen.)
Thanks, Daniel
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.43-1
ii adduser 3.115
ii dconf-cli 0.26.0-2+b1
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.26.0-2+b1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.61
ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 3.22.3-3+deb9u1
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.22.3-1
ii gnome-session-bin 3.22.3-1
ii gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager] 3.22.0-3
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.22.2-2+deb9u2
ii gnome-shell 3.22.3-3
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.22.2-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.22.0-1
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:16.12.0-4
ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.43-1
ii libaudit1 1:2.6.7-2
ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u1
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-3
ii libcanberra0 0.30-3
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.5-2+deb9u2
ii libgdm1 3.22.3-3+deb9u1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.3-2
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.50.3-2
ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.11-1
ii libkeyutils1 1.5.9-9
ii libpam-modules 1.1.8-3.6
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.8-3.6
ii libpam-systemd 232-25+deb9u1
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.6
ii librsvg2-common 2.40.16-1+b1
ii libselinux1 2.6-3+b3
ii libsystemd0 232-25+deb9u1
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-26
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3
ii libxau6 1:1.0.8-1
ii libxcb1 1.12-1
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.2-3
ii lsb-base 9.20161125
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:3.22.1-1
ii mutter [x-window-manager] 3.22.3-2
ii policykit-1 0.105-18
ii ucf 3.0036
ii x11-common 1:7.7+19
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+7+b1
ii xfce4-session [x-session-manager] 4.12.1-5
ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.8.3-1
ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.12.4-1
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 327-2
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi2-core 2.22.0-6+deb9u1
ii desktop-base 9.0.2+deb9u1
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7+3+b1
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u2
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+19
ii zenity 3.22.0-1+b1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii gnome-orca 3.22.2-3
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.20.0-3
-- debconf information excluded
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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