Package: gnome-session
Version: 3.24.1-2
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
When starting a session with (wifi) network up **but** locked out of
actual connectivity (a situation which happens in many "free" wifi spaces),
gnome-session will accept the logon, show a grey background with a mouse
(but not the specified screen background) and sit idle.
Steps to reproduce:
- purchase a return SNCF high-speed train ticket from Paris to Lyon
- take the Paris→Lyon train
- connect to their wifi ("_SNCF_WIFI_INOUI")
- go to the captive portal page, and authenticate using your train
ticket reference & name
- when in Lyon, shut the laptop down entirely
- sit down on the return train Lyon→Paris
- start the laptop
- attempt to log in.
** in background, Network-Manager will immediately reconnect to
_SNCF_WIFI_INOUI, which will deny service (and lie over DNS) until the
user has
visited the captive portal and entered the train ticket
reference & name
** user cannot visit as gnome-session will freeze (with mouse
active) and not leave a chance to start a browser
** user cannot use links or another text-mode browser as the
captive portal will reject it.
This situation can be reproduced in many similar settings, including
cybercafes, airports, co-working spaces.
(annoying) Workaround:
* start the laptop
* switch to the text-mode console
* "rfkill block" out the wifi interface
* log into gnome-session
* unblock the wifi, start firefox, log into the captive portal
Thanks in advance
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (400, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii gnome-session-bin 3.24.1-2
ii gnome-session-common 3.24.1-2
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.24.3-1
ii gnome-shell 3.22.3-3
gnome-session recommends no packages.
Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii desktop-base 9.0.5
ii gnome-keyring 3.20.1-1
ii gnome-user-guide 3.26.1.1-1
-- no debconf information
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