Bug#637142: GDM3 - very slow start up

[Geoff Mishash]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.4.1-8
Followup-For: Bug #637142

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I restarted my computer after using it as usual. When it was loading GUI, it displayed "Could not update ICEauthority file /var/lib/gdm3/.ICEauthority" and there was only a button reading "Log Out." The same message would just appear again if I click the log out button. So I couldn't log into the GUI. I have tried to boot into Debian several times, but the problem was still there. I then booted into another OS (Windows 8) on the same machine in ordered to look for solutions online. After I found a solution, I restarted my computer again.

Things became different here. This time the GUI is successfully loaded. I didn't even do anything to .ICEauthority , .ICEauthority-c or .ICEauthority-l .

I went to check /var/lib/gdm3/ , and found that the 2 files .ICEauthority-c and .ICEauthority-l disappeared. (They were existent when I encountered the problem.)

Now the GUI can be successfully loaded except a bit slower than before.
So, this bug still exists in Debian 7.6 Wheezy.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.6
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 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                           0.6.21-8
ii  adduser                                   3.113+nmu3
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                   0.12.1-3
ii  dconf-tools                               0.12.1-3
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                     1.5.49
ii  dpkg                                      1.16.15
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                        1.32.1-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                           1.32.1-1
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+deb7u3
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]      3.4.1.1-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                 3.4.2-3
ii  libaccountsservice0                       0.6.21-8
ii  libatk1.0-0                               2.4.0-2
ii  libattr1                                  1:2.4.46-8
ii  libaudit0                                 1:1.7.18-1.1
ii  libc6                                     2.13-38+deb7u4
ii  libcairo-gobject2                         1.12.2-3
ii  libcairo2                                 1.12.2-3
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                        0.28-6
ii  libcanberra0                              0.28-6
ii  libdbus-1-3                               1.6.8-1+deb7u3
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                          0.100.2-1
ii  libfontconfig1                            2.9.0-7.1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                        2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                              2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libglib2.0-bin                            2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk-3-0                                3.4.2-7
ii  libpam-modules                            1.1.3-7.1
ii  libpam-runtime                            1.1.3-7.1
ii  libpam0g                                  1.1.3-7.1
ii  libpango1.0-0                             1.30.0-1
ii  librsvg2-common                           2.36.1-2
ii  libselinux1                               2.1.9-5
ii  libupower-glib1                           0.9.17-1
ii  libwrap0                                  7.6.q-24
ii  libx11-6                                  2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
ii  libxau6                                   1:1.0.7-1
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+Debian8+deb7u1
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]               1:2.34.3-4
ii  policykit-1-gnome                         0.105-2
ii  upower                                    0.9.17-1
ii  x11-common                                1:7.7+3~deb7u1
ii  x11-xserver-utils                         7.7~3
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]               278-4

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.5.3-2
ii  desktop-base               7.0.3
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.4.0-2
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7~1
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.12.4-6+deb7u2
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+3~deb7u1
ii  zenity                     3.4.0-2

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-orca            3.4.2-2
ii  gnome-shell           3.4.2-7+deb7u1
pn  gok                   <none>
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.4.1-5

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