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Excubia

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Registered: 2015-08-02

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[Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

After upgrade to Gnome 3.18, instead of a logging box, I only see my mouse at the centre of the (grey) screen. Impossible to switch to ttyX. Esc or Enter don't do anything.

I have a dual boot OS X/Arch. When I go to OS X, reboot, restart and choose Arch again, GDM has no problem…

brk0_0

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Registered: 2013-12-19

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

Same problem here. After upgrading to 3.18, several PCs of our network presented this problem. However, almost any of them have dual boot. Also, we don't have a dedicated video card for our PCs, and our CPUs model is a Intel Celeron.

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Ropid

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Registered: 2015-03-09

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

-nvm-

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brk0_0

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Registered: 2013-12-19

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

Found a way to reproduce this problem: lock screen, wait until the screen turns black, log back in, and switch user.

jonnsl

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Registered: 2015-01-11

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

I'm having a similar problem, I think. gdm shows me the login box, but after I type my password and press enter, nothing happens, there is only the mouse pointer at the center of a grey screen, if I switch to tty3 gnome loads normally. and that is after downgrading to gnome 3.18, because with gnome 3.18.1 gdm won't even start.

s0lid7

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Registered: 2012-10-26

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

@jonnsl try to press esc or ctrl+alt+f2 and it will be ok.
Many people have the same issue, not sure why. From what i have read it is possible that it's nvidia related.

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almindor

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Registered: 2015-10-10

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

It might be related to the nvidia problems with gdm/gnome. But it seems people with other cards have issues too and I think gnome 3.18 def. broke something.

Excubia

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Registered: 2015-08-02

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

It is becoming more and more buggy. The access to the log-in box is completely random...

Sorry for the obvious question, but: why does Archlinux provides 'upgrades' that brake computers?
Not being able to log in seems like a huge failure. At least, I am very annoyed.

ayr-ton

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Registered: 2015-09-14

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

This post has more information:
tps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1571474

There's a temporary workaround.

After login, try to hit Ctrl+Alt+F2 and share if this works for you.

Also, there's a bug report at gnome shell:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754814

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jasonwryan

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

Sorry for the obvious question, but: why does Archlinux provides 'upgrades' that brake computers?
Not being able to log in seems like a huge failure. At least, I am very annoyed.

Arch just ships upstream: complain to the Gnome devs.

Or enable [testing] and report bugs before they hit core (which, in the case of Gnome, no-one does). In either event, whinging about Archlinux achieves nothing.

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yousry

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Registered: 2014-11-28

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

My workaround for this problem (which occurred after each reboot) was to remove the gnome desktop configuration. I have an old script for this purpose that removes following files and folders if they exists:

.gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity .cache .dbus .dmrc .mission-control .thumbnails ~/.config/dconf/user ~.compiz*

This information is supplied without liability.

I also had a problem with a password secured gnome keyring. The daemon freezed my system for several seconds but this in now fixed by the latest updates.

brk0_0

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Registered: 2013-12-19

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

Pressing Crtl+Alt+F2 does not work for me. No TTY is accessible also.

shane1027

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Registered: 2015-10-20

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

This worked for me:  Edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and uncomment:

WaylandEnable = False

saivert

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Registered: 2014-06-13

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

This has now been fixed. I compiled gnome-shell from git and everything is fine. Be patient, the fix will land in Arch repos soon enough.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754814

ayr-ton

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Re: [Gnome 3.18] GDM freeze at logging

Could you please verify if it is working after the last updates from Pacman and mark the topic as resolved? o/

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