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731995: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731995
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.8.4-6
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
Dear Maintainer,
Did a general upgrade yesterday.
Was getting some errors relating to hal (I think) on bootup.
Today gdm failed to give me my login -- just the time
And if I hit return some arrows appear for a second and then again only the
time
Tried rebooting a couple of times -- No luck
Restarting gdm from consoles -- No luck. Worse consoles stopped being
unusable as the gdm screen now took over consoles
Uninstalled hal -- No effect
Restarted
Went to console and edited the conf file in /etc/gdm
to make login automatic
Now system is working
not sure what happens when I logout/restart
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.34-2
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii dconf-cli 0.18.0-1
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.18.0-1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.52
ii fluxbox [x-window-manager] 1.3.5-1
ii gir1.2-gdm3 3.8.4-6
ii gnome-session-bin 3.8.4-3
ii gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager] 3.8.0-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-2
ii gnome-shell 3.8.4-5
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.10.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.8.2-2
ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.34-2
ii libatk1.0-0 2.10.0-2
ii libaudit1 1:2.3.2-2
ii libc6 2.17-97
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.16-2
ii libcairo2 1.12.16-2
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-2
ii libcanberra0 0.30-2
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.28.2-1+b1
ii libgdm1 3.8.4-6
ii libglib2.0-0 2.36.4-1
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.36.4-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.8.6-1
ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-9
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-9
ii libpam-systemd 204-5
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-9
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.36.0-1
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.36.0-1
ii librsvg2-common 2.40.0-1
ii libselinux1 2.2.1-1
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-24
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.8-1
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.1-1
ii libxrandr2 2:1.4.1-1
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian12
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.34.13-1
ii upower 0.9.23-2+b1
ii x11-common 1:7.7+4
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+1
ii xfce4-session [x-session-manager] 4.10.1-3
ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.6.2-4
ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.10.1-2
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 297-1
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi2-core 2.10.1-1
ii desktop-base 7.0.3
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.10.0-1
ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.10.1-1
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7~1
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.14.3-5
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+4
ii zenity 3.8.0-1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn gnome-orca <none>
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.8.2-2
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf changed:
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable = true
AutomaticLogin = siva
[security]
[xdmcp]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
--- 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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