I used the manual way to debug why gdm doesn't show the login screen (inferring that it's because gnome-shell is not running). I "inferred" it initially by looking at the mouse cursor blinking. Before, when the login screen shows up, the mouse would blink once then the login screen shows up. Now the mouse would blink once then just blink again instead of showing the logins screen. I can also see the output of ps -AfH, wherein it shows that gnome-shell isn't running even when gdm-x-session is running under the gdm user. I still don't know why there's no crash file though. Any pointers on how to debug this?
Thank you for your help. On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 1:50 PM Daniel van Vugt <1893...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Please also note that if you are launching gnome-shell manually and > expect it to use Xorg then you may need: > > gnome-shell --x11 > > That said, if you are launching gnome-shell manually then that also > makes the original bug report somewhat invalid. You reported this bug as > a problem with gdm or the login screen, and yet you are not doing things > in any way that are compatible with that. I will clarify the situation > by removing mention of "gdm". > > > ** Summary changed: > > - groovy gnome-shell crashes so gdm is black screen with cursor > + groovy gnome-shell crashes when launched manually > > ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893032 > > Title: > groovy gnome-shell crashes when launched manually > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1893032/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893032 Title: groovy gnome-shell crashes when launched manually To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1893032/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
