> The GDM source also suggests creating a user account 'gdm-greeter' in some cases. But please try adding sss to nsswitch.conf first.
Because the error message is "unix_chkpwd[2601]: could not obtain user info (gdm-greeter)", I tried to create an account "gdm-greeter" and restart gdm. Then the error changed to "unix_chkpwd[2601]: could not obtain user info (gdm-greeter-2)". I have doubts that this error is what prevents gdm3 from starting... Related: >> Another observation: when started under strace, I can see that gdm3 is >> waiting on a poll on an eventfd. > Eugene, that should be just the normal Main loop that is polling, nothing > weird. It is not weird that gdm process is waiting in the poll, but it weird that nothing notifies this eventfd. When started under strace, gdm3 process proceeds to wait in the poll() on a _single_ file descriptor, that was previously created by eventfd(). And waits indefinitely. So I guess that is may be a clue that _something_ should have notified the process that it can go on, but did not... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2121017 Title: Gdm3 doesn't start [unix_chkpwd: could not obtain user info (gdm- greeter)] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/2121017/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
