Bug#890614: gnome-shell: Greeter doesn't start anymore: attempts every 20 seconds
Package: gnome-shell Followup-For: Bug #890614 I just tried gdm3 again today and now everything works as normal. So I have no idea what fixed it, but the problem doesn't occur here anymore. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on: ii caribou 0.4.21-5 ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.26.1-3 ii evolution-data-server3.26.5-1 ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.45-1 ii gir1.2-atspi-2.0 2.26.2-2 ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.21-5 ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.54.1-4 ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.20.0-6 ii gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 3.27.90-1 ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 3.26.2.1-3 ii gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 2.4.7-1 ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.54.1-4 ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.03.26.1-3 ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 3.26.2-6 ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.22.28-1 ii gir1.2-gweather-3.0 3.26.1-2 ii gir1.2-ibus-1.0 1.5.17-3 ii gir1.2-mutter-1 3.26.2-1 ii gir1.2-nm-1.01.10.4-1+b1 ii gir1.2-nma-1.0 1.8.10-2 ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.40.14-1 ii gir1.2-polkit-1.00.105-18 ii gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 2.40.20-2 ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.60.3-1 ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.00.99.7-2 ii gjs 1.50.3-2 ii gnome-backgrounds3.27.90-1 ii gnome-settings-daemon3.26.2-1 ii gnome-shell-common 3.26.2-4 ii gsettings-desktop-schemas3.27.90-1 ii libasound2 1.1.3-5 ii libatk-bridge2.0-0 2.26.1-1 ii libatk1.0-0 2.26.1-3 ii libc62.27-1 ii libcairo21.15.10-1 ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-6 ii libcanberra0 0.30-6 ii libcroco30.6.12-2 ii libecal-1.2-19 3.26.5-1 ii libedataserver-1.2-223.26.5-1 ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.20.0-6 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.11-1 ii libgirepository-1.0-11.54.1-4 ii libgjs0g [libgjs0-libmozjs-52-0] 1.50.3-2 ii libglib2.0-0 2.54.3-2 ii libglib2.0-bin 2.54.3-2 ii libgstreamer1.0-01.12.4-1 ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.28-1 ii libical3 3.0.1-5 ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.4.2-3 ii libmutter-1-03.26.2-1 ii libnm0 1.10.4-1+b1 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.40.14-1 ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.40.14-1 ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-18 ii libpolkit-gobject-1-00.105-18 ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 11.1-4 ii libpulse011.1-4 ii libsecret-1-00.18.5-6 ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-5 ii libsystemd0 237-4 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3 ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.3-1 ii mutter 3.26.2-1 ii python3 3.6.4-1 Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends: ii chrome-gnome-shell9-1 ii gdm3 3.26.2.1-3 ii gkbd-capplet 3.26.0-3 ii gnome-control-center 1:3.26.2-1 ii gnome-user-docs 3.26.2.1-1 ii iio-sensor-proxy 2.4-2 ii switcheroo-control1.2-1 ii unzip 6.0-21 Versions of packages gnome-shell suggests: ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.24.1-2 ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.8.2-3 -- no debconf information
Bug#890614: gnome-shell: Greeter doesn't start anymore: attempts every 20 seconds
Package: gnome-shell Version: 3.26.2-4 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Since today's dist-upgrade, the greeter isn't working anymore. I see a black screen. Logging shows it attempts to restart every 20 seconds: Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gnome-session[1544]: gnome-session-binary[1544]: WARNING: IceLockAuthFile failed: File exists Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gnome-session-binary[1544]: WARNING: IceLockAuthFile failed: File exists Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm-launch-environment][1525]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session closed for user Debian-gdm Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd-logind[480]: Removed session c6. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 116... Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopping D-Bus User Message Bus... Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Default. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm3[800]: Child process -1540 was already dead. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm3[800]: Child process 1525 was already dead. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm3[800]: Unable to kill session worker process Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped D-Bus User Message Bus. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Basic System. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Paths. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Timers. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Sockets. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG network certificate management daemon. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed Sound System. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (restricted). Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers). Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent (ssh-agent emulation). Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed D-Bus User Message Bus Socket. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Reached target Shutdown. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Starting Exit the Session... Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Received SIGRTMIN+24 from PID 1554 (kill). Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm-launch-environment][1552]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm by (uid=0) Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd-logind[480]: New session c7 of user Debian-gdm. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1]: Started Session c7 of user Debian-gdm. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 116... Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm by (uid=0) Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (restricted). Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Timers. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent (ssh-agent emulation). Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on Sound System. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers). Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Paths. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus Socket. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on D-Bus User Message Bus Socket. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Sockets. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Basic System. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Default. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Startup finished in 32ms. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 116. Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Started D-Bus User Message Bus. Feb 16 20:35:03 sonata sudo[1579]: manuel : TTY=tty2 ; PWD=/home/manuel ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/journalctl Feb 16 20:35:03 sonata sudo[1579]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by manuel(uid=0) etc. etc., over and over again. It started after this upgrade: Aptitude 0.8.10: log report Fri, Feb 16 2018 18:47:37 +0100 IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to dpkg problems may not be completed. Will install 84 packages, and remove 0 packages. 1562 kB of disk space will be used [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libgdbm5:amd64 1.14.1-3 [UPGRADE] avahi-daemon:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1 [UPGRADE] evolution-data-server:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1 [UPGRADE] evolution-data-server-common:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1 [UPGRADE] foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:amd64 20171012-1 -> 20180210-1 [UPGRADE] foomatic-db-engine:amd64 4.0.12-2+b1 -> 4.0.12-3 [UPGRADE] gdal-data:amd64 2.2.3+dfsg-1 -> 2.2.3+dfsg-2 [UPGRADE]
