Bug#711116: gdm3 don't start - GLib-CRITICAL: g_variant_compare

[Shiva Iyer]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.4.1-9
Followup-For: Bug #711116

I have version 3.4.1-9 of gdm3 installed, but I still have this issue. I am
only able to use Gnome in fallback mode. When I try Gnome shell, the error
message in the subject line is logged to /var/log/gdm3/:0-slave.log and the
screen just freezes.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                           0.6.30-2
ii  adduser                                   3.113+nmu3
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                   0.16.0-4
ii  dconf-tools                               0.16.0-4
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                     1.5.50
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                        1.36.0-2+b1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                           1.36.0-2+b1
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]         3.4.2.1-4
ii  gnome-session-bin                         3.4.2.1-4
ii  gnome-session-fallback [x-session-manage  3.4.2.1-4
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                     3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-3+deb7u1
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]      3.4.1.1-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                 3.4.2-3
ii  libaccountsservice0                       0.6.30-2
ii  libatk1.0-0                               2.8.0-2
ii  libattr1                                  1:2.4.47-1
ii  libaudit0                                 1:1.7.18-1.1
ii  libc6                                     2.17-6
ii  libcairo-gobject2                         1.12.14-4
ii  libcairo2                                 1.12.14-4
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                        0.30-2
ii  libcanberra0                              0.30-2
ii  libdbus-1-3                               1.6.12-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                          0.100.2-1
ii  libfontconfig1                            2.9.0-7.1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                        2.28.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                              2.36.1-2build1
ii  libglib2.0-bin                            2.36.1-2build1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                3.4.2-6
ii  libpam-modules                            1.1.3-9
ii  libpam-runtime                            1.1.3-9
ii  libpam0g                                  1.1.3-9
ii  libpango-1.0-0                            1.32.5-5+b1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                       1.32.5-5+b1
ii  librsvg2-common                           2.36.4-2
ii  libselinux1                               2.1.13-2
ii  libupower-glib1                           0.9.20-2
ii  libwrap0                                  7.6.q-24
ii  libx11-6                                  2:1.6.0-1
ii  libxau6                                   1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxdmcp6                                 1:1.1.1-1
ii  libxklavier16                             5.2.1-1
ii  libxrandr2                                2:1.3.2-2+deb7u1
ii  lsb-base                                  4.1+Debian12
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]               1:2.34.13-1
ii  mutter [x-window-manager]                 3.4.1-7
ii  policykit-1-gnome                         0.105-2
ii  upower                                    0.9.20-2
ii  x11-common                                1:7.7+3
ii  x11-xserver-utils                         7.7~3

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
pn  at-spi2-core               <none>
ii  desktop-base               7.0.3
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.8.2-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.8.2.2-2
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7~1
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.12.4-6
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+3
ii  zenity                     3.8.0-1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn  gnome-orca            <none>
ii  gnome-shell           3.4.2-8
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.8.2-2

-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3