Package: gdm3 Version: 3.8.4-3 Severity: normal After running service gdm3 stop I still see a host of related processes running:
root 28772 0.0 0.1 294920 4316 ? Sl 09:13 0:00 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_0 root 28777 0.4 0.3 153236 14748 tty7 Ssl+ 09:13 0:00 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-h5EX9C/database -nolisten tcp vt7 root 28790 0.0 0.1 256400 6436 ? Sl 09:13 0:00 gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-launch-environment] Debian-+ 28801 0.0 0.3 587212 12128 ? Ssl 09:13 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart Debian-+ 28804 0.0 0.0 24464 608 ? S 09:13 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart Debian-+ 28835 0.9 2.5 1389068 103396 ? Sl 09:13 0:01 gnome-shell --mode=gdm What I did what running service gdm3 stop dpkg-reconfigure kdm , selected kdm as default dm service kdm start The screen remains blank. Only after manually killing those processes, kdm can be launched. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (450, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.11-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) 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] 1.5.51 ii eterm [x-terminal-emulator] 0.9.6-1 ii gir1.2-gdm3 3.8.4-3 ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.8.4-3 ii gnome-session-bin 3.8.4-3 ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-2 ii gnome-shell 3.8.4-4 ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.8.4-1 ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.8.2-2 ii icewm [x-window-manager] 1.3.7-5 ii kde-window-manager [x-window-manager] 4:4.10.5-3 ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.10.5-2 ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.34-2 ii libatk1.0-0 2.10.0-2 ii libaudit1 1:2.3.2-2 ii libc6 2.17-93 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 ii libgdm1 3.8.4-3 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 1.1.3-9 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 2.1.13-3 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 twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.6-1 ii upower 0.9.23-2 ii x11-common 1:7.7+4 ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+1 ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 297-1 Versions of packages gdm3 recommends: ii at-spi2-core 2.10.0-1+b1 ii desktop-base 7.0.3 ii gnome-icon-theme 3.8.3-1 ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.8.2.2-2 ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7~1 ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.14.3-4 ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+4 ii zenity 3.8.0-1 Versions of packages gdm3 suggests: ii gnome-orca 3.4.2-2 ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.8.2-2 -- Configuration Files: /etc/gdm3/greeter.gsettings changed: [org.gnome.desktop.background] picture-uri='file:///usr/share/themes/Adwaita/backgrounds/morning.jpg' picture-options='zoom' [org.gnome.login-screen] logo='/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/places/debian-swirl.png' fallback-logo='/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/places/debian-swirl.png' -- debconf information: gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3 * shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

