Public bug reported: Immediately after I login on Ubuntu 18.10 into gnome-shell, gdm disappears even though gnome-shell is fine: if I try switching to tty1 with CTRL-ALT F1, I just see a list of bootup messages (like 'Starting Fingerpint Authentication Daemon').
loginctl shows only one session: $ loginctl SESSION UID USER SEAT TTY 2 1001 rocko seat0 tty2 1 sessions listed. There's no crash file in /var/crash, and no useful information in gdm3's status: $ systemctl status gdm3 ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/display-manager.service.d └─xdiagnose.conf Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-09-27 09:33:45 AWST; 4min 46s ago Process: 1356 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/gdm/generate-config (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1364 (gdm3) Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) Memory: 9.0M CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service └─1364 /usr/sbin/gdm3 Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable. If I try switching to another user via the gnome-shell menu, gdm3 gets restarted and I get the login screen again on tty1. However, if gnome-shell crashes (eg when it freezes), I can't easily restart gdm3, so it's a nuisance. Previously, the gdm3 login screen was always available on tty1 so it was easy to switch to backup user if the first user's session crashed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: gdm3 3.30.0-0ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 4.19.0-041900rc5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Sep 27 09:34:22 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-16 (406 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-08-15 (42 days ago) ** Affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1794638 Title: gdm crashes immediately after login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1794638/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs