> Maybe switching from wayland to xorg caused the problem. > > That menu was only present on the first login screen, so I tried moving back > to Wayland.
Yes if the first login fails then gdm3 assumes that means it was Wayland that failed so on the second try it will remove the Wayland option and you will get Xorg only. So it might be possible to say that every Wayland login attempt is failing(?) This log from duplicate bug 1967025 seems to show the 'vmwgfx' kernel driver failing: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/593819338/ShellJournal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1966786 Title: login screen shown twice with VirtualBox Guest Additions Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The login screen is shown twice and I have to supply the password twice. The system works normally afterwards. When I select auto-login in the settings still one login screen is shown. gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static) Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-03-28 11:47:32 AST; 6min ago Process: 1885 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/gdm/generate-config (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1915 (gdm3) Tasks: 3 (limit: 2291) Memory: 5.0M CPU: 125ms CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service └─1915 /usr/sbin/gdm3 mar 28 11:47:32 vm-ubuntu-2204 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... mar 28 11:47:32 vm-ubuntu-2204 systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager. mar 28 11:47:32 vm-ubuntu-2204 gdm-launch-environment][1921]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user gdm(uid=125) by (uid=0) mar 28 11:47:40 vm-ubuntu-2204 gdm-password][2290]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file mar 28 11:47:40 vm-ubuntu-2204 gdm-password][2290]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session mar 28 11:47:40 vm-ubuntu-2204 gdm-password][2290]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user bertadmin(uid=1000) by (uid=0) mar 28 11:47:40 vm-ubuntu-2204 gdm-password][2290]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly and unlocked keyring mar 28 11:47:57 vm-ubuntu-2204 gdm3[1915]: Gdm: Child process -1937 was already dead. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gdm3 42.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-23.23-generic 5.15.27 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu79 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Mar 28 11:48:17 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-25 (793 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200124) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-03-23 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1966786/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
