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wil93

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From: Italy

Registered: 2013-09-15

Posts: 72

[SOLVED] Update GNOME 3.16 (testing) to 3.16.1 (extra) and can't login

I no longer have any testing package, but when gdm starts I get a blinking mouse pointer (it blinks 5 times) and then I get the gdm screen but without any user list. If I open the menus (date menu, the shutdown menu, ...) I can see they leave a "trace" when closed (they remain visibile although a bit blurred, as if the closing animation didn't finish).

I also get these in dmesg:

[...] gdm segfault at ...
[...] gnome-shell segfault at 18 ip ...
[...] gdm segfault at ...
...

(Typing from cellphone)

BTW shouldn't extra be "stabler" than testing?

UPDATE: screenshots http://imgur.com/EqqGw5O
http://imgur.com/BCSW1HG

Last edited by wil93 (2015-04-15 14:29:23)

wil93

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From: Italy

Registered: 2013-09-15

Posts: 72

Re: [SOLVED] Update GNOME 3.16 (testing) to 3.16.1 (extra) and can't login

Judging by the last lines of journal, maybe it's a dbus issue: http://imgur.com/CIcCrwO

blackout23

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Registered: 2011-11-16

Posts: 781

Re: [SOLVED] Update GNOME 3.16 (testing) to 3.16.1 (extra) and can't login

Are you using proprietary graphics drivers? It might help to default GDM to X11,  by uncommenting the #EnableWayland=false line. Otherwise it will start to run GDM on Wayland, segfault and try to fallback to X.

wiegraf

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Registered: 2013-11-09

Posts: 32

Re: [SOLVED] Update GNOME 3.16 (testing) to 3.16.1 (extra) and can't login

I am experiencing the exact same problem with GDM. I downgraded my packages to 3.16.0 but the problem still persisted. I was able to login by switching to lightdm from the CLI, so this only occurs during the login process with GDM. I will try adjusting the settings as you recommended.

wiegraf

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Registered: 2013-11-09

Posts: 32

Re: [SOLVED] Update GNOME 3.16 (testing) to 3.16.1 (extra) and can't login

I just tried uncommenting #EnableWayland=false in /etc/gdm/custom.conf and I can confirm that this does not resolve the problem. I am running the nvidia proprietary driver with the lts kernel, but I have also tested this on the latest kernel and had the same results.

EDIT: It appears gdm and libgdm just got patched a moment ago. I will try upgrading and see what happens.

EDIT2: I can confirm that the problem is now resolved after upgrades to gdm libgdm and mutter

Last edited by wiegraf (2015-04-15 12:43:51)

Thorsten Reinbold

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 353

Re: [SOLVED] Update GNOME 3.16 (testing) to 3.16.1 (extra) and can't login

Updated too, but still no chance here...

wil93

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From: Italy

Registered: 2013-09-15

Posts: 72

Re: [SOLVED] Update GNOME 3.16 (testing) to 3.16.1 (extra) and can't login

EDIT: It appears gdm and libgdm just got patched a moment ago. I will try upgrading and see what happens.

This has solved my problem, thanks.

BTW: I actually went to sleep for a while hoping that they patched the issue in the meantime, I was not disappointed