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regarding gnome-shell: loops with "failed to bind to /tmp/.X11-unix/X<number>:
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Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.30.1-2
Testing 4.19.0-1 (buster amd64)
Cannot boot my laptop. gnome-shell fills up syslog with these messages.
There may be some typo's as I had to write this down and go to the
local library.
gnome-shell[1458]: failed to bind to /tmp/.X11-unix/X1024: No such
file or directory
gnome-shell[1458]: failed to bind to /tmp/.X11-unix/X1025: No such
file or directory
These repeat with the X number increasing by one until I remove the
battery and then restart in recovery mode. The last lines are as
follows:-
gnome-shell[1458]: failed to bind to /tmp/.X11-unix/X120805: No such
file or directory
gnome-shell[1458]: failed to bind to /tmp/.X11-unix/X120806: No such
file or directory
kernel:[ 134.986875] do.trap: 14 callbacks suppressed
kernel:[ 134.986878] traps: gnome-shell[1458] trap int3
ip:7fe777dd4be5 sp:7ffdcca78120 error:0 in
libglib-2.0.so.5800.2[7fe777d9c000+7e00]
gnome-shell[1458]: failed to bind to /tmp/.X11-unix/X120807: No such
file or directory
gnome-shell[1458]: failed to bind to /tmp/.X11-unix/X120809: No such
file or directory
gnome-shell[1458]: failed to write pid to lock file /tmp/.X120810-lock
gnome-shell[1458]: Failed to create an X lock file
gnome-shell[1458]: Failed to start X Wayland
Please fix this ASAP. My laptop is dead in the water.
TIA,
Robert
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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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