Bug#736880: gdm3 does not work in Gnome Flashback mode

[Andreas Cadhalpun]

Hi Svante,

On 27.01.2014 22:58, Svante Signell wrote:
> gdm3 does not work in Gnome Flashback mode, this is the fourth computer
> showing the problem, forcing me to switch to xfce :( After logging in I
> have icewaesel present in all workspaces, and iconizing it fails, the
> screen is filled with lines indicating a movement of the full-screen
> icewasel to iconized status, but the window stays (showing the
> transition which never completes.
>
> The problem is related to systemd, see below, row 4! I don't use systemd for
> boot (and never will unless forced). Converting this box to xfce too
> after submitting this bug report.

Thanks for digging out, what the problem is. As your log indicates, this 
might very well be another problem due to the missing dependency of 
gnome-settings-daemon on 'systemd-shim | systemd-sysv' [1].

Since you do not want to switch your init system (which would happen, if 
you installed systemd-sysv), I recommend you to install systemd-shim, 
which works independently of the init system in use.

Please report back, if this fixes the problem.

Best regards,
Andreas

1: bugs.debian.org/726763