Hello kortewegdevries, or anyone else affected, Accepted lightdm-gtk-greeter into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /lightdm-gtk-greeter/2.0.5-0ubuntu2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed- bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping! N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Changed in: lightdm-gtk-greeter (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of LightDM Gtk+ Greeter Development Team, which is subscribed to lightdm-gtk- greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890394 Title: Lightdm-gtk-greeter coredump during boot with recent systemd versions Status in lightdm-gtk-greeter package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in lightdm-gtk-greeter source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in lightdm-gtk-greeter source package in Groovy: Fix Committed Bug description: * Impact The lightdm-gtk-greeter often segfaults on VMs * Test case - start a xubuntu livesession in a VM and logout -> you should get a greeter to log in (or install xubuntu in a VM) * Regression potential the mlockall call was supposed to provide improved security but isn't working, it was already commented out some cycles ago in unity-greeter, upstream and it other distributions ------------------ Upstream:https://github.com/Xubuntu/lightdm-gtk-greeter/issues/77 This is one of the many core dumps on `journalctl` for a given boot (dumps multiple times before starting) : **See it on upstream bug report** System Details: System: Kernel: 5.8.0-12-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 Distro: Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) (*Proposed) lightdm 1.30.0-0ubuntu3.1: amd64 lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.6-0ubuntu1:amd64 lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings 1.2.2-3 linux-firmware 1.189 ------------------------------------------------------ systemd,systemd-coredump, systemd-sysv 245.7-1ubuntu1 ------------------------------------------------------ OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 20.2.0-devel [lightdm.log](https://termbin.com/eipz) [coredumpctl](https://termbin.com/chr2) [gdb_backtrace](https://termbin.com/645a) Current Behaviour: On boot screen blinks for 2-3 times (probably the segmentation fault) but eventually starts after 1-2 minutes. Expected Behaviour: Greeter would appear properly after boot. Note: Some other systemd services are also failing on proposed, not sure if related. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.6-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-12.13-generic 5.8.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu43 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Aug 5 12:58:44 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-17 (109 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200416) SourcePackage: lightdm-gtk-greeter UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-08-04 (0 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.lightdm.lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf: [greeter] indicators = ~session;~language;~a11y;~clock;~power default-user-image = /home/korte/Pictures/profile/profile.jpeg mtime.conffile..etc.lightdm.lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf: 2020-06-27T09:26:56.022638 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1890394/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lightdm-gtk-greeter-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lightdm-gtk-greeter-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
