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regarding gdm3: Black screen with coursor after login
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916704: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916704
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.22.3-3+deb9u2
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Black screen with coursor after login.
Using lightdm solves the issue.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.6
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en (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+deb9u2
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.22.3-1
ii gnome-session-bin 3.22.3-1
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 libaccountsservice0 0.6.43-1
ii libaudit1 1:2.6.7-2
ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3
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+deb9u2
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+deb9u6
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+deb9u6
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-26
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3+deb9u1
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 mutter [x-window-manager] 3.22.3-2
ii policykit-1 0.105-18+deb9u1
ii ucf 3.0036
ii x11-common 1:7.7+19
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+7+b1
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+deb9u5
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+19
ii zenity 3.22.0-1+b1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn gnome-orca <none>
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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