Bug#678011: gdm3: Squeeze-Wheezy regression. 2+ xorg devices Gnome3 launch fails
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:00:49 +0200 Josselin Mouette j...@debian.org said: This exotic configuration probably looks unsupported to gnome-session-check-accelerated (the thingy that tries to guess whether your system is 3D capable). Please file a bug upstream against gnome-session, where they will ask for gory details. I have to agree with Norbert Veber in not considering this configuration as exotic. Since I cannot find any report filed against gnome-session related to this issue I decided to open Bug#718686. Best regards. -- Rafael Varela -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#678011: gdm3: Squeeze-Wheezy regression. 2+ xorg devices Gnome3 launch fails
I recently ran into the same issue. In my case I have a single nvidia video card with two outputs connected to two monitors. My prefered way to set it up is so that they are two separate displays :0.0 and :0.1. This worked great in debian 6 and gnome 2.x. Each screen would get its own gnome panels, and its own separate virtual desktops that could be switched independantly. In wheezy and gnome 3 this no longer works. You are right in that its not related to gdm, but rather the gnome shell. You should see a message like this in your ~/.xsession-errors: gnome-session-is-accelerated: Zaphod mode not supported. So basically you get the gnome-fallback session, and rather than starting a gnome panel on each display as expected, it starts two of everything on just one screen (as described in the original bug report). It starts nothing on the second screen. The workaround is to switch to xinerama/twinview mode instead which extends a single display :0 to both monitors. However it is a regression since a configuration that used to work (and is by no means exotic) is no longer supported. Infact this used to be the only way to work with multiple monitors until the advent of xinerama in XFree86 4.0. Thanks, Norbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#678011: gdm3: Squeeze-Wheezy regression. 2+ xorg devices Gnome3 launch fails
Le lundi 18 juin 2012 à 10:40 -0500, Harry Coin a écrit : * What was the outcome of this action? gnome3 fails to launch. How is this related to gdm3? I have more than one nvidia graphics card in the computer. If I create an xorg.conf that mentions just one of them and I don't use it in multi-monitor mode I can get a working desktop. If I mention more than one graphics card, or I delete xorg.conf, when gnome tries to start it loads several instances of my user name across the top of one monitor, mentions 'zaphod mode not supported, using fallback mode', This exotic configuration probably looks unsupported to gnome-session-check-accelerated (the thingy that tries to guess whether your system is 3D capable). Please file a bug upstream against gnome-session, where they will ask for gory details. but then of course Of course? No, not of course. on the desktop there is no way to launch any applications. The entire top bar is filled with instances of my user name, and the only action I can take is to choose to log out or update prefrences. This description is very confusing. Please provide a screenshot. The “GNOME classic” mode doesn’t look like what you describe. Thanks, -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#678011: gdm3: Squeeze-Wheezy regression. 2+ xorg devices Gnome3 launch fails
Package: gdm3 Version: 3.0.4-4 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? Upgraded a long-time working squeeze system using gnome to Wheezy. * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? Nothing more than change apt/sources.list from squeeze to wheezy. * What was the outcome of this action? gnome3 fails to launch. I have more than one nvidia graphics card in the computer. If I create an xorg.conf that mentions just one of them and I don't use it in multi-monitor mode I can get a working desktop. If I mention more than one graphics card, or I delete xorg.conf, when gnome tries to start it loads several instances of my user name across the top of one monitor, mentions 'zaphod mode not supported, using fallback mode', but then of course on the desktop there is no way to launch any applications. The entire top bar is filled with instances of my user name, and the only action I can take is to choose to log out or update prefrences. * What outcome did you expect instead? I expected gnome3 to simply 'just work' using the same known good xorg.conf that was working using squeeze earlier the same day on the same computer. *** End of the template - remove these lines *** -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gdm3 depends on: ii accountsservice 0.6.15-4 ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.12.1-1 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.43 ii gconf2 3.2.5-1 ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.4.2.1-1 ii gnome-session-bin 3.4.2.1-1 ii gnome-session-fallback [x-session-manager] 3.4.2.1-1 ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]3.4.1.1-1 ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.4.2-1 ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.15-4 ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2 ii libattr11:2.4.46-7 ii libaudit0 1:1.7.18-1.1 ii libc6 2.13-33 ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.2-1 ii libcairo2 1.12.2-1 ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-4 ii libcanberra00.28-4 ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.0-1 ii libdbus-glib-1-20.98-1 ii libfontconfig1 2.9.0-6 ii libfreetype62.4.9-1 ii libgconf2-4 3.2.5-1 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1 ii libglib2.0-02.32.3-1 ii libglib2.0-bin 2.32.3-1 ii libgtk-3-0 3.4.2-1 ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-7.1 ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-7.1 ii libpam0g1.1.3-7.1 ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1 ii librsvg2-common 2.36.1-1 ii libselinux1 2.1.9-2 ii libupower-glib1 0.9.16-2 ii libwrap07.6.q-23 ii libx11-62:1.4.99.901-2 ii libxau6 1:1.0.7-1 ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.1-1 ii libxklavier16 5.2.1-1 ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.2-2 ii lsb-base4.1+Debian6 ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.34.3-2 ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-2 ii upower 0.9.16-2 ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 278-1 Versions of packages gdm3 recommends: ii at-spi 1.32.0-1 ii desktop-base 6.0.7 ii gnome-icon-theme 3.4.0-2 ii gnome-power-manager3.4.0-2 ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2-3 ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7~1 ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.12.1.902-1 ii xserver-xorg 1:7.6+13 ii zenity 3.4.0-2 Versions of packages gdm3 suggests: ii gnome-mag 1:0.16.3-1 pn gnome-orcanone pn gok none ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.4.1-4 ii metacity 1:2.34.3-2 -- debconf information: # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63)
