Your message dated Thu, 6 Nov 2025 18:53:37 -0500
with message-id
<caaajcmy5sj_c-do4kdgklfxdxixzreldwgxdv8hzfrvewe8...@mail.gmail.com>
and subject line closing ancient gdm3 bugs
has caused the Debian Bug report #733952,
regarding gdm3 doesn't show greeter if started from invoke-rc.d
to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this
message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system
misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact [email protected]
immediately.)
--
733952: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=733952
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact [email protected] with problems
--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.8.4-6
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Trying to debug #730177 (gdm3 doesn't show greeter if can't access /usr/local)
I did an update-rc.d remove and tried to start gdm3 by invoke-rc.d gdm3 start
* What was the outcome of this action?
Black screen with arrow cursor
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Friendly greater screen
The greeter log contains *many* lines like:
dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create directory '/run/user/0/dconf': Permission
denied. dconf will not work properly.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
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 gir1.2-gdm3 3.8.4-6
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.8.4-3
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 1.1.3-10
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-10
ii libpam-systemd 204-5
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-10
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.36.0-1+b1
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.36.0-1+b1
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 xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 300-1
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi2-core 2.10.2-1
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 2:1.14.5-1
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]
[security]
[xdmcp]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
Enable = true
-- debconf information:
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
* shared/default-x-display-manager: 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
--- End Message ---
