Public bug reported:
Impact
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If a person installs gnome-shell (and not ubuntu-gnome-desktop) on Ubuntu and
choose gdm3, they will be unable to log in.
Workaround: install ubuntu-gnome-default-settings
Test Case
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>From Ubuntu (Unity), run
sudo apt install gdm3
Choose gdm3 when prompted.
Restart.
You should get a login screen.
Regression Potential
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Other Info
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ubuntu-settings contains this in
/usr/share/glib-2.0/10_ubuntu-settings.gchema.override
[org.gnome.desktop.session]
session-name="ubuntu"
gdm3 fails to start unless session-name="gnome"
** Affects: ubuntu-gnome
Importance: High
Status: Confirmed
** Affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Importance: High
Status: Confirmed
** Affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu Zesty)
Importance: High
Status: Confirmed
** Tags: zesty
** Also affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu Zesty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Zesty)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Zesty)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
gdm3 fails to start when default session-name=ubuntu
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