Bug#678011: gdm3: Squeeze->Wheezy regression. 2+ xorg devices Gnome3 launch fails
Harry Coin
hcoin at quietfountain.com
Mon Jun 18 15:40:45 UTC 2012
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.0.4-4
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
* What led up to the situation?
Upgraded a long-time working squeeze system using gnome to Wheezy.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Nothing more than change apt/sources.list from squeeze to wheezy.
* What was the outcome of this action?
gnome3 fails to launch. I have more than one nvidia graphics card in the
computer. If I create an xorg.conf that mentions just one of them and I don't
use it in multi-monitor mode I can get a working desktop. If I mention more
than one graphics card, or I delete xorg.conf, when gnome tries to start it
loads several instances of my user name across the top of one monitor, mentions
'zaphod mode not supported, using fallback mode', but then of course on the
desktop there is no way to launch any applications. The entire top bar is
filled with instances of my user name, and the only action I can take is to
choose to log out or update prefrences.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected gnome3 to simply 'just work' using the same known good xorg.conf
that was working using squeeze earlier the same day on the same computer.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.15-4
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.12.1-1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.43
ii gconf2 3.2.5-1
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.4.2.1-1
ii gnome-session-bin 3.4.2.1-1
ii gnome-session-fallback [x-session-manager] 3.4.2.1-1
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.4.1.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.4.2-1
ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.15-4
ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2
ii libattr1 1:2.4.46-7
ii libaudit0 1:1.7.18-1.1
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.2-1
ii libcairo2 1.12.2-1
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-4
ii libcanberra0 0.28-4
ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.0-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.9.0-6
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1
ii libgconf2-4 3.2.5-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.32.3-1
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.32.3-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.4.2-1
ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-7.1
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-7.1
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7.1
ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1
ii librsvg2-common 2.36.1-1
ii libselinux1 2.1.9-2
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.16-2
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-23
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.99.901-2
ii libxau6 1:1.0.7-1
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.1-1
ii libxklavier16 5.2.1-1
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.2-2
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian6
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.34.3-2
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-2
ii upower 0.9.16-2
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 278-1
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi 1.32.0-1
ii desktop-base 6.0.7
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.4.0-2
ii gnome-power-manager 3.4.0-2
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2-3
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7~1
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.12.1.902-1
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.6+13
ii zenity 3.4.0-2
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii gnome-mag 1:0.16.3-1
pn gnome-orca <none>
pn gok <none>
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.4.1-4
ii metacity 1:2.34.3-2
-- debconf information:
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# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder63) Fri Aug 14 17:55:55 PDT 2009
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "MiddleBot" 1152 864
Screen 1 "FarRightBot" 3456 864
Screen 2 "RightStack" 2304 0
Screen 3 "LeftStack" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Hitachi"
ModelName "PF790"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 69.0
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "Off"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "DELL"
ModelName "DELL Trinitron"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor2"
VendorName "DELL"
ModelName "DELL D1226H"
HorizSync 30.0 - 95.0
VertRefresh 70.0 - 76.0
# Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "Off"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor3"
VendorName "NEC"
ModelName "NEC AccuSync 120"
HorizSync 31.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device2"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
BusID "PCI:3:13:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device3"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
BusID "PCI:3:11:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
#Hitachi center bottom.
Identifier "MiddleBot"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1152x864 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
#Dell trinitron far right on desk.
Identifier "FarRightBot"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT-1: 1152x864 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
#Dell above gateway right of center
Identifier "RightStack"
Device "Device2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, CRT-1"
Option "HorizSync" "CRT-0: 30-95; CRT-1: 30-121"
# Option "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 50-160; CRT-1: 50-160"
Option "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 72-77; CRT-1: 69-72"
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1152x864 +0+0, CRT-1: 1152x864 +0+864"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
#NEC Accusyncs on left
Identifier "LeftStack"
Device "Device3"
Monitor "Monitor3"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, CRT-1"
Option "HorizSync" "CRT-0: 31-96; CRT-1: 31-96"
Option "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 59-61; CRT-1: 74-76"
# Option "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 55-160; CRT-1: 55-160"
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1152x864 +0+0, CRT-1: 1152x864 +0+864"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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