Bug#716770: Can not select user in gdm3 to log into when you have many users

[Cyril Adrian]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.4.1-9
Followup-For: Bug #716770

Dear Maintainer,

I have more than one user (in fact I have 4). Most sessions are usually open and we often switch users without logging out.

When gdm3 is called from the "switch user" button of a lock screen, it is properly displayed.
But when I choose a user, and then either type a wrong password or simply cancel the selection, gdm3 is displayed again, but the layout is garbled: the users list and buttons have disappeared.
I can still interact using the keybord but it scares my wife and my children :-)

Maybe it is because I use testing and the gnome 3.8 transition is not over?
I do not dare to switch to sid because of the systemd dependency which scares *me* ;-)

Thanks,

Cyril Adrian


-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                             0.6.34-1
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-manager]  3.4.2.1-4
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                       3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-6+b1
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]        3.8.3-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                   3.4.2-3
ii  libaccountsservice0                         0.6.34-1
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                                       2.17-7
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                              2.10.2-2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                          2.28.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                                2.36.3-3
ii  libglib2.0-bin                              2.36.3-3
ii  libgtk-3-0                                  3.8.2-3
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                                  2:1.4.1-1
ii  lsb-base                                    4.1+Debian12
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]                 1:2.34.13-1
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
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]                 295-1

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.9.3-1
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:
ii  gnome-orca            3.4.2-2
ii  gnome-shell           3.4.2-11
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.8.2-2

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf changed:
[daemon]
[security]
[xdmcp]
Enable=true
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]


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