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freewick

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Registered: 2023-02-07

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Gnome freezes when login and want to know how to debug it properly

I am using sddm as my login screen and I use kde and gnome and hyprland. I dont have issue with hyprland or kde but some times (say 5 out of 10 times) when I try to login into gnome the screen freezes at sddm login screen. I dont have problems with hyprland or kde but only with gnome.

Upon doing some research online it seems mostly cause of  extensions. These are the extensions I use

$ gnome-extensions list
blur-my-shell@aunetx
transparent-top-bar@ftpix.com
enhancedosk@cass00.github.io
dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com
apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
auto-move-windows@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
drive-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
launch-new-instance@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
light-style@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
native-window-placement@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
places-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
screenshot-window-sizer@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
user-theme@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
window-list@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
windowsNavigator@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
workspace-indicator@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com

however when I disabled extensions the login seems to work fine. I rebooted 5 times after disabling extensions and the problem is not there so mostly extensions are the reason.

I did  only enabled one extension and still the freeze happened a couple of time out of 5 reboots and logins. So it seem the extensions are not the issue and gnome i the issue?

However I found a workaround that is before going into gnome i  login into kde and use this following command.

gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-user-extensions true 

After running this command I logout and login into gnome and everything is working fine.

I put this command in .zlogin and

gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-user-extensions false

command in .zlogout but directly login into gnome after these files is not working. Only going into kde and running command manually seems to work.

So how do I run this command if possible if it is the solution. Also how do I know if .zlogin and .zlogout commands are being executed at login and logout as I using zsh.

Any other way to debug it as when I searched someone said journalctl logs will help but I dont know how to debug with it.

So any help is welcome

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Gnome freezes when login and want to know how to debug it properly

Is maybe only the first login affected?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=292959

Also how do I know if .zlogin and .zlogout commands are being executed at login and logout as I using zsh

Have them do something obvious like "notify-send tada"

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freewick

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Registered: 2023-02-07

Posts: 56

Re: Gnome freezes when login and want to know how to debug it properly

Is maybe only the first login affected?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=292959

Also how do I know if .zlogin and .zlogout commands are being executed at login and logout as I using zsh

Have them do something obvious like "notify-send tada"

By first login into gnome yes. I mean once I login into gnome, I can login and logout multiple times.

I put notify-send tada to both .zlogin and .zlogout and when I login and logout nothinf happened. I am doing this correct?

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Gnome freezes when login and want to know how to debug it properly

Probably - depending on how the gnome session is started, .zlogin might plausibly not be sourced at all.
However wrt. " once I login into gnome, I can login and logout multiple times" this is probably not relevant at all. Also "gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-user-extensions false" should be permanent anyway.

There seems to be an early gnome issue, you might want to subscribe to the other thread and also post a system journal to illustrate your HW and general setup.
It's not clear why this happens and there might also be different artifacts at play. Do you have an AMD GPU?

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freewick

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Re: Gnome freezes when login and want to know how to debug it properly

yes I have amdgpu. I will subscribe to the other thread and see what I can do

freewick

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Registered: 2023-02-07

Posts: 56

Re: Gnome freezes when login and want to know how to debug it properly

It seems extensions are not the issue cause I just had a freeze even with extension disabled. It seems it is with gnome itself. I never had this issue until gnome 44. KDE and Hyprland works without any issue. I use sddm but I had issues with gdm too when login. I will see if I can debug more and find the solution.