Bug#724731: [gdm3] gdm does not start properly, cannot login via gdm

[Ludovic Lebègue]

Hi,

Installing libpam-systemd only was not a workaround for me. I had to
switch to lightdm as a greeter. Here is the details of my packages :

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

Kernel: Linux 3.10-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 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                       0.6.34-2
ii  adduser                               3.113+nmu3
ii  dconf-cli                             0.18.0-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend               0.18.0-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                 1.5.51
ii  gir1.2-gdm3                           3.8.4-2
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]     3.8.4-2
ii  gnome-session-bin                     3.8.4-2
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                 3.8.5-2
ii  gnome-shell                           3.8.4-4
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]  3.8.4-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas             3.8.2-2
ii  libaccountsservice0                   0.6.34-2
ii  libatk1.0-0                           2.10.0-2
ii  libaudit1                             1:2.3.2-2
ii  libc6                                 2.17-93
ii  libcairo-gobject2                     1.12.16-2
ii  libcairo2                             1.12.16-2
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                    0.30-2
ii  libcanberra0                          0.30-2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                    2.28.2-1
ii  libgdm1                               3.8.4-2
ii  libglib2.0-0                          2.36.4-1
ii  libglib2.0-bin                        2.36.4-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                            3.8.5-1
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                           2.1.13-3
ii  libwrap0                              7.6.q-24
ii  libx11-6                              2:1.6.2-1
ii  libxau6                               1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxdmcp6                             1:1.1.1-1
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                                0.9.22-1
ii  x11-common                            1:7.7+4
ii  x11-xserver-utils                     7.7+1
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manager]              4.10.1-2

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.10.0-1
ii  desktop-base               7.0.3
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.8.3-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.8.2.2-2
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7~1
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.14.3-4
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+4
ii  zenity                     3.8.0-1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-orca            3.4.2-2
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.8.2-2

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

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