Bug#823380: Blank screen after successful login

[Manuel Bilderbeek]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.18.0-2
Followup-For: Bug #823380

What the original reporter writes here is very similar to what I reported in
#803779, but very different from what the original bug is merged with (#811551)
Are you sure it should be merged with #811551?

Is there some workaround for this issue?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                              0.6.40-3
ii  adduser                                      3.114
ii  dconf-cli                                    0.26.0-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                      0.26.0-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                        1.5.59
ii  gir1.2-gdm3                                  3.18.0-2
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]            3.18.1.2-1
ii  gnome-session-bin                            3.18.1.2-1
ii  gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager]  3.20.0-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.18.2-1
ii  gnome-shell                                  3.18.1-1
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]         3.20.2-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.18.1-1
ii  libaccountsservice0                          0.6.40-3
ii  libaudit1                                    1:2.5.2-1
ii  libc6                                        2.22-9
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                           0.30-3
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.30-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.34.0-1
ii  libgdm1                                      3.18.0-2
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.48.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-bin                               2.48.1-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.20.4-1
ii  libpam-modules                               1.1.8-3.2
ii  libpam-runtime                               1.1.8-3.2
ii  libpam-systemd                               229-6
ii  libpam0g                                     1.1.8-3.2
ii  librsvg2-common                              2.40.15-1
ii  libselinux1                                  2.5-2
ii  libsystemd0                                  229-6
ii  libwrap0                                     7.6.q-25
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxau6                                      1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxdmcp6                                    1:1.1.2-1.1
ii  lsb-base                                     9.20160110
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]                  1:3.18.4-1
ii  mutter [x-window-manager]                    3.18.3-2
ii  policykit-1                                  0.105-15
ii  ucf                                          3.0036
ii  x11-common                                   1:7.7+15
ii  x11-xserver-utils                            7.7+7
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]                  324-2

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.20.1-1
ii  desktop-base               8.0.2
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.12.0-1
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7+3
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.18.3-1
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+15
ii  zenity                     3.20.0-1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-orca            3.20.0-1
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.18.3-1

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