Bug#735628: gdm3: Does not restart system when clicking {Restart}

[Adrian Immanuel Kiess]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.8.4-6
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
     Trying to restart system via GDM
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     Clicking {Restart} button
   * What was the outcome of this action?
     None
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
     System restarting

currently in Debian/testing GDM does not restart the system after clicking
{Restart}.

The root password is asked thou, but no action is taken afterwards.

Thank you for your efforts.

With many greetings,

Adrian Immanuel KIESS



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-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                              0.6.34-2
ii  adduser                                      3.113+nmu3
ii  aterm [x-terminal-emulator]                  1.0.1-8+b1
ii  blackbox [x-window-manager]                  0.70.1-18
ii  dconf-cli                                    0.18.0-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                      0.18.0-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                        1.5.52
ii  e17 [x-window-manager]                       0.17.3-2
ii  eterm [x-terminal-emulator]                  0.9.6-1
ii  fluxbox [x-window-manager]                   1.3.5-1
ii  gir1.2-gdm3                                  3.8.4-6
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]            3.8.4-3
ii  gnome-session-bin                            3.8.4-3
ii  gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager]  3.8.0-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.8.5-2
ii  gnome-shell                                  3.8.4-5
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]         3.10.1-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.8.2-2
ii  kde-window-manager [x-window-manager]        4:4.11.3-2+b2
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emulator]                4:4.11.3-1
ii  libaccountsservice0                          0.6.34-2
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.10.0-2
ii  libaudit1                                    1:2.3.2-3
ii  libc6                                        2.17-97
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+b1
ii  libgdm1                                      3.8.4-6
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.36.4-1
ii  libglib2.0-bin                               2.36.4-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.8.6-1
ii  libpam-modules                               1.1.3-9
ii  libpam-runtime                               1.1.3-9
ii  libpam-systemd                               204-6
ii  libpam0g                                     1.1.3-9
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.36.0-1+b1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                          1.36.0-1+b1
ii  librsvg2-common                              2.40.0-1
ii  libselinux1                                  2.2.2-1
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  mrxvt [x-terminal-emulator]                  0.5.4-1.1
ii  mutter [x-window-manager]                    3.8.4-2
ii  rxvt [x-terminal-emulator]                   1:2.7.10-5
ii  twm [x-window-manager]                       1:1.0.6-1
ii  upower                                       0.9.23-2+b1
ii  x11-common                                   1:7.7+5
ii  x11-xserver-utils                            7.7+1
ii  xfce4-session [x-session-manager]            4.10.1-3
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]         0.6.3-1
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manager]                     4.10.1-2
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]                  300-1

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.10.2-2
ii  desktop-base               7.0.3
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.10.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.10.1-1
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7+1
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.14.5-1
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+5
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

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gsettings changed:
[org.gnome.power-manager]
icon-policy='never'
[org.gnome.desktop.background]
 picture-uri='file:///etc/gdm3/mandolux-bcstar-l-1280.jpg'
 picture-options='zoom'
banner-message-enable=true
banner-message-text='Welcome to g6.lan.dac'


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