Bug#890614: gnome-shell: Greeter doesn't start anymore: attempts every 20 seconds

Manuel Bilderbeek Manuel.Bilderbeek at gmail.com
Fri Feb 16 19:42:10 UTC 2018


Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.26.2-4
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Since today's dist-upgrade, the greeter isn't working anymore. I see a black
screen. Logging shows it attempts to restart every 20 seconds:

Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gnome-session[1544]: gnome-session-binary[1544]: WARNING: IceLockAuthFile failed: File exists
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gnome-session-binary[1544]: WARNING: IceLockAuthFile failed: File exists
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm-launch-environment][1525]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session closed for user Debian-gdm
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd-logind[480]: Removed session c6.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 116...
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopping D-Bus User Message Bus...
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Default.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm3[800]: Child process -1540 was already dead.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm3[800]: Child process 1525 was already dead.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm3[800]: Unable to kill session worker process
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped D-Bus User Message Bus.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Basic System.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Paths.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Timers.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Stopped target Sockets.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed Sound System.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (restricted).
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers).
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent (ssh-agent emulation).
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Closed D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Reached target Shutdown.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Starting Exit the Session...
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1529]: Received SIGRTMIN+24 from PID 1554 (kill).
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata gdm-launch-environment][1552]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm by (uid=0)
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd-logind[480]: New session c7 of user Debian-gdm.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1]: Started Session c7 of user Debian-gdm.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 116...
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm by (uid=0)
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (restricted).
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Timers.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent (ssh-agent emulation).
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on Sound System.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers).
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Paths.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Listening on D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Sockets.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Basic System.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Reached target Default.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Startup finished in 32ms.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 116.
Feb 16 20:34:51 sonata systemd[1557]: Started D-Bus User Message Bus.
Feb 16 20:35:03 sonata sudo[1579]:   manuel : TTY=tty2 ; PWD=/home/manuel ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/journalctl
Feb 16 20:35:03 sonata sudo[1579]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by manuel(uid=0)

etc. etc., over and over again.

It started after this upgrade:

Aptitude 0.8.10: log report
Fri, Feb 16 2018 18:47:37 +0100

  IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail
  due to dpkg problems may not be completed.

Will install 84 packages, and remove 0 packages.
1562 kB of disk space will be used
========================================
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libgdbm5:amd64 1.14.1-3
[UPGRADE] avahi-daemon:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] evolution-data-server:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] evolution-data-server-common:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:amd64 20171012-1 -> 20180210-1
[UPGRADE] foomatic-db-engine:amd64 4.0.12-2+b1 -> 4.0.12-3
[UPGRADE] gdal-data:amd64 2.2.3+dfsg-1 -> 2.2.3+dfsg-2
[UPGRADE] ghostscript:amd64 9.22~dfsg-1 -> 9.22~dfsg-2
[UPGRADE] ghostscript-x:amd64 9.22~dfsg-1 -> 9.22~dfsg-2
[UPGRADE] git:amd64 1:2.15.1-3 -> 1:2.16.1-1
[UPGRADE] git-cvs:amd64 1:2.15.1-3 -> 1:2.16.1-1
[UPGRADE] git-man:amd64 1:2.15.1-3 -> 1:2.16.1-1
[UPGRADE] gitk:amd64 1:2.15.1-3 -> 1:2.16.1-1
[UPGRADE] hplip:amd64 3.17.10+repack0-2 -> 3.17.10+repack0-3
[UPGRADE] hplip-data:amd64 3.17.10+repack0-2 -> 3.17.10+repack0-3
[UPGRADE] imagemagick-6-common:amd64 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16 -> 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16.1
[UPGRADE] imagemagick-6.q16:amd64 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16 -> 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16.1
[UPGRADE] info:amd64 6.5.0.dfsg.1-1 -> 6.5.0.dfsg.1-2
[UPGRADE] install-info:amd64 6.5.0.dfsg.1-1 -> 6.5.0.dfsg.1-2
[UPGRADE] libavahi-client3:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-client3:i386 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-common-data:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-common-data:i386 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-common3:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-common3:i386 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-core7:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-glib1:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-gobject0:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-ui-gtk3-0:amd64 0.7-3 -> 0.7-3.1
[UPGRADE] libcamel-1.2-60:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libebackend-1.2-10:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libebook-1.2-19:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libebook-contacts-1.2-2:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libecal-1.2-19:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libedata-book-1.2-25:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libedata-cal-1.2-28:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libedataserver-1.2-22:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libedataserverui-1.2-1:amd64 3.26.3-4 -> 3.26.5-1
[UPGRADE] libeot0:amd64 0.01-4+b1 -> 0.01-5
[UPGRADE] libgdal20:amd64 2.2.3+dfsg-1 -> 2.2.3+dfsg-2
[UPGRADE] libgnome-games-support-1-2:amd64 1.2.3-2 -> 1.2.3-3
[UPGRADE] libgnome-games-support-common:amd64 1.2.3-2 -> 1.2.3-3
[UPGRADE] libgs9:amd64 9.22~dfsg-1 -> 9.22~dfsg-2
[UPGRADE] libgs9-common:amd64 9.22~dfsg-1 -> 9.22~dfsg-2
[UPGRADE] libgutenprint2:amd64 5.2.13-1 -> 5.2.13-2
[UPGRADE] libhpmud0:amd64 3.17.10+repack0-2 -> 3.17.10+repack0-3
[UPGRADE] libijs-0.35:amd64 0.35-12 -> 0.35-13
[UPGRADE] libimage-magick-perl:amd64 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16 -> 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16.1
[UPGRADE] libimage-magick-q16-perl:amd64 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16 -> 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16.1
[UPGRADE] libjbig2dec0:amd64 0.13-5 -> 0.13-6
[UPGRADE] libmagickcore-6.q16-3:amd64 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16 -> 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16.1
[UPGRADE] libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra:amd64 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16 -> 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16.1
[UPGRADE] libmagickwand-6.q16-3:amd64 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16 -> 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16.1
[UPGRADE] libperl5.26:amd64 5.26.1-4 -> 5.26.1-4+b1
[UPGRADE] libqdbm14:amd64 1.8.78-6.1+b2 -> 1.8.78-6.2
[UPGRADE] libsane-hpaio:amd64 3.17.10+repack0-2 -> 3.17.10+repack0-3
[UPGRADE] man-db:amd64 2.7.6.1-4 -> 2.8.1-1
[UPGRADE] octave-control:amd64 3.0.0-4 -> 3.0.0-5
[UPGRADE] octave-signal:amd64 1.3.2-4 -> 1.3.2-5
[UPGRADE] openprinting-ppds:amd64 20171012-1 -> 20180210-1
[UPGRADE] perl:amd64 5.26.1-4 -> 5.26.1-4+b1
[UPGRADE] perl-base:amd64 5.26.1-4 -> 5.26.1-4+b1
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-all:amd64 0.20170123 -> 0.20170124
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-fujixerox:amd64 1.1.0+ds-2 -> 1.1.0+ds-3
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-gutenprint:amd64 5.2.13-1 -> 5.2.13-2
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-hpcups:amd64 3.17.10+repack0-2 -> 3.17.10+repack0-3
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-hpijs:amd64 3.17.10+repack0-2 -> 3.17.10+repack0-3
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-m2300w:amd64 0.51-12+b1 -> 0.51-13
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-min12xxw:amd64 0.0.9-9+b1 -> 0.0.9-10
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-pnm2ppa:amd64 1.13-8 -> 1.13-9
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-postscript-hp:amd64 3.17.10+repack0-2 -> 3.17.10+repack0-3
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-ptouch:amd64 1.4.2-2+b1 -> 1.4.2-3
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-pxljr:amd64 1.4+repack0-4+b2 -> 1.4+repack0-5
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-sag-gdi:amd64 0.1-4 -> 0.1-5
[UPGRADE] printer-driver-splix:amd64 2.0.0+svn315-6 -> 2.0.0+svn315-7
[UPGRADE] task-desktop:amd64 3.42 -> 3.43
[UPGRADE] task-english:amd64 3.42 -> 3.43
[UPGRADE] task-gnome-desktop:amd64 3.42 -> 3.43
[UPGRADE] task-print-server:amd64 3.42 -> 3.43
[UPGRADE] task-ssh-server:amd64 3.42 -> 3.43
[UPGRADE] task-web-server:amd64 3.42 -> 3.43
[UPGRADE] tasksel:amd64 3.42 -> 3.43
[UPGRADE] tasksel-data:amd64 3.42 -> 3.43
[UPGRADE] texinfo:amd64 6.5.0.dfsg.1-1 -> 6.5.0.dfsg.1-2
========================================

Log complete.


Please help, I can't use my system in graphical mode anymore at the moment...

If you need any more information, please ask and I will provide it.

Kind regards,
Manuel

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

Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  caribou                                      0.4.21-5
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.26.1-3
ii  evolution-data-server                        3.26.5-1
ii  gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0                   0.6.45-1
ii  gir1.2-atspi-2.0                             2.26.2-2
ii  gir1.2-caribou-1.0                           0.4.21-5
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                           1.54.1-4
ii  gir1.2-gcr-3                                 3.20.0-6
ii  gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0                     3.27.90-1
ii  gir1.2-gdm-1.0                               3.26.2.1-3
ii  gir1.2-geoclue-2.0                           2.4.7-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.54.1-4
ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0                    3.26.1-3
ii  gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0                      3.26.2-6
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.22.26-2
ii  gir1.2-gweather-3.0                          3.26.1-2
ii  gir1.2-ibus-1.0                              1.5.17-3
ii  gir1.2-mutter-1                              3.26.2-1
ii  gir1.2-nm-1.0                                1.10.4-1
ii  gir1.2-nma-1.0                               1.8.10-2
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.40.14-1
ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0                            0.105-18
ii  gir1.2-rsvg-2.0                              2.40.20-2
ii  gir1.2-soup-2.4                              2.60.3-1
ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0                        0.99.7-2
ii  gjs                                          1.50.3-2
ii  gnome-backgrounds                            3.27.90-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.26.2-1
ii  gnome-shell-common                           3.26.2-4
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.27.90-1
ii  libasound2                                   1.1.3-5
ii  libatk-bridge2.0-0                           2.26.1-1
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.26.1-3
ii  libc6                                        2.26-6
ii  libcairo2                                    1.15.10-1
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                           0.30-6
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.30-6
ii  libcroco3                                    0.6.12-2
ii  libecal-1.2-19                               3.26.5-1
ii  libedataserver-1.2-22                        3.26.5-1
ii  libgcr-base-3-1                              3.20.0-6
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.36.11-1
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1                        1.54.1-4
ii  libgjs0g [libgjs0-libmozjs-52-0]             1.50.3-2
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.54.3-2
ii  libglib2.0-bin                               2.54.3-2
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0                            1.12.4-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.22.26-2
ii  libical3                                     3.0.1-5
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           1.4.2-3
ii  libmutter-1-0                                3.26.2-1
ii  libnm0                                       1.10.4-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.40.14-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                          1.40.14-1
ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0                          0.105-18
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.105-18
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      11.1-4
ii  libpulse0                                    11.1-4
ii  libsecret-1-0                                0.18.5-6
ii  libstartup-notification0                     0.12-5
ii  libsystemd0                                  236-3
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.4-3
ii  libxfixes3                                   1:5.0.3-1
ii  mutter                                       3.26.2-1
ii  python3                                      3.6.4-1

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii  chrome-gnome-shell    9-1
ii  gdm3                  3.26.2.1-3
ii  gkbd-capplet          3.26.0-2
ii  gnome-control-center  1:3.26.2-1
ii  gnome-user-docs       3.26.2.1-1
ii  iio-sensor-proxy      2.4-2
ii  switcheroo-control    1.2-1
ii  unzip                 6.0-21

Versions of packages gnome-shell suggests:
ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12   0.24.1-2
ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2  0.8.2-3

-- no debconf information



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