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and subject line closing ancient gnome-session bugs
has caused the Debian Bug report #668119,
regarding gnome-shell: Runs in graphic fallback mode when using another "TTY"
during log in
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668119: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668119
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Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.2.2.1-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
(first of all: I'm not sure, whether this is the right package to be blamed,
may be gdm3 or another one, too. My apologies, if I selected the wrong one)
I noticed it on another, similarily configured machine and proofed on this one.
gnome-shell (gdm3?) seems to be unable to detect your graphics settings while
you are using another TTY.
Steps to reproduce:
* Log in to your gnome-shell session
* Directly after having entered your password and pressed enter/hit OK, change
to another TTY by pressing CTRL+ALT+F[1,2,...] - while the machine is doing the
"log in work"
* Wait a few moments (or log in in the other terminal and do something), then
change back to the "gnome terminal"
* You are now logged in to your gnome session, however, it is running in
fallback graphics mode (you may get an error message about it, too)
* Log out and log in again, while staying in this terminal - you're back in
"normal mode" again
Regards,
Oliver
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.10.0-3
ii gconf-service 3.2.3-4
ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.15-4
ii gir1.2-atk-1.0 2.2.0-2
ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.1-2
ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.8.4-1
ii gir1.2-cogl-1.0 1.8.2-1
ii gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 1.8.2-1
ii gir1.2-folks-0.6 0.6.6-1
ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.31.10-1
ii gir1.2-gconf-2.0 3.2.3-4
ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.24.1-1
ii gir1.2-gee-1.0 0.6.4-1
ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.4.0.2-1
ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.31.10-1
ii gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 3.2.0.1-2
ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.2.2-1
ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.2.3-1
ii gir1.2-json-1.0 0.14.2-1
ii gir1.2-mutter-3.0 3.2.2-1
ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.2.0-2
ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.29.4-3+b1
ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.104-2
ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.34.3-1
ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.16.2-1+b1
ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.2.12-1
ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.9.15-2
ii gjs 1.30.1-1
ii gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-1
ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.2.2-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.2-3
ii gnome-shell-common 3.2.2.1-2
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.2.0-2
ii libatk1.0-0 2.2.0-2
ii libc6 2.13-27
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.10.2-7
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-7
ii libcamel-1.2-29 3.2.2-1
ii libcanberra0 0.28-3
ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.8.4-1
ii libcogl-pango0 1.8.2-1
ii libcogl5 1.8.2-1
ii libcroco3 0.6.5-1
ii libdbus-1-3 1.5.12-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1
ii libdrm2 2.4.32-1
ii libebook-1.2-12 3.2.2-1
ii libecal-1.2-10 3.2.2-1
ii libedataserver-1.2-15 3.2.2-1
ii libedataserverui-3.0-1 3.2.2-1
ii libffi5 3.0.10-3
ii libfolks25 0.6.6-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3.1
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1
ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.3-4
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.24.1-1
ii libgee2 0.6.4-1
ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.31.10-1
ii libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0] 1.30.1-1
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 7.11.2-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.30.2-6
ii libgnome-desktop-3-2 3.2.1-3
ii libgnome-keyring0 3.2.2-2
ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.2.0.1-2
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.2.3-1
ii libical0 0.44-3
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 0.14.2-1
ii libmozjs185-1.0 1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-3
ii libmutter0 3.2.2-1
ii libnm-glib4 0.9.2.0-2
ii libnm-util2 0.9.2.0-2
ii libnspr4-0d 4.9-1
ii libnss3-1d 3.13.3-1
ii libpango1.0-0 1.29.4-3+b1
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.104-2
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.104-2
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 1.1-3+b1
ii libpulse0 1.1-3+b1
ii libsoup2.4-1 2.34.3-1
ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.11-2
ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-1
ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.16.2-1+b1
ii libtelepathy-logger2 0.2.12-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-4
ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.3-2
ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.3-2
ii libxext6 2:1.3.0-3
ii libxfixes3 1:5.0-4
ii libxi6 2:1.4.5-1
ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-7
ii python 2.7.2-10
ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.10.1-2
Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii gnome-contacts 3.2.2-2
ii gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-2
ii gnome-session-fallback 3.2.1-1
ii gnome-themes-standard 3.2.1-2
gnome-shell suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- 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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