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712499: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=712499
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.4.1-9
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
gdm3 not start at boot.
If I restart GDM3 from a text console it works.
Jun 16 15:32:38 tweety gdm-welcome][3592]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_variant_compare:
assertion `!g_variant_is_container (a)' failed
Jun 16 15:32:38 tweety gdm-welcome][3592]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_variant_compare:
assertion `!g_variant_is_container (a)' failed
*** The following debconf settings were detected:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
Include these settings in your report
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.30-2
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii cinnamon [x-window-manager] 1.7.4-2
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.16.0-4
ii dconf-tools 0.16.0-4
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.50
ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.36.0-2+b1
ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.36.0-2+b1
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.4.2.1-4
ii gnome-session-bin 3.4.2.1-4
ii gnome-session-fallback [x-session-manager] 3.4.2.1-4
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-5
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.8.3-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.4.2-3
ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.30-2
ii libatk1.0-0 2.8.0-2
ii libattr1 1:2.4.47-1
ii libaudit0 1:1.7.18-1.1
ii libc6 2.17-5
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.14-5
ii libcairo2 1.12.14-5
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-2
ii libcanberra0 0.30-2
ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.12-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.100.2-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.9.0-7.1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.28.2-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.36.3-1
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.36.3-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.8.2-1
ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-9
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-9
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-9
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.32.5-5+b1
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.32.5-5+b1
ii librsvg2-common 2.36.4-2
ii libselinux1 2.1.13-2
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.20-2
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-24
ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.8-1
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.1-1
ii libxklavier16 5.2.1-1
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.2-2+deb7u1
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian12
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.34.13-1
ii mutter [x-window-manager] 3.4.1-7
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-2
ii upower 0.9.20-2
ii x11-common 1:7.7+3
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7~3
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 293-1
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi2-core 2.9.2-1
ii desktop-base 7.0.3
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.4.0-2
ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.4.0-2
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7~1
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.12.4-6
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+3
ii zenity 3.8.0-1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii gnome-orca 3.4.2-2
ii gnome-shell 3.4.2-8
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.4.1-5
-- 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
--- End Message ---
