Bug#897975: gdm3: System fails to boot due to GDM restarting constantly.

[Philipp Falk]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.22.3-3+deb9u1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

I just wanted to confirm that I also encountered this bug on a debian
stable installation.

I also see the "ICELockAuthFile fail: Already exists" message in
the systemd journal.

Removing /var/lib/gdm3/.ICEAuthority* and restarting
gdm.service fixed the issue temporarily until the next reboot.

If wayland is enabled via /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf, gdm3 comes up after
some waiting time (around two minutes) on a cold boot.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.4
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                       0.6.43-1
ii  adduser                               3.115
ii  awesome [x-window-manager]            4.0-1
ii  dconf-cli                             0.26.0-2+b1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend               0.26.0-2+b1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                 1.5.61
ii  fluxbox [x-window-manager]            1.3.5-2+b2
ii  fvwm [x-window-manager]               1:2.6.7-3
ii  gir1.2-gdm-1.0                        3.22.3-3+deb9u1
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]     3.22.3-1
ii  gnome-session-bin                     3.22.3-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                 3.22.2-2+deb9u2
ii  gnome-shell                           3.22.3-3
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]  3.22.2-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas             3.22.0-1
ii  icewm [x-window-manager]              1.3.8+mod+20161220-1
ii  libaccountsservice0                   0.6.43-1
ii  libaudit1                             1:2.6.7-2
ii  libc6                                 2.24-11+deb9u3
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                    0.30-3
ii  libcanberra0                          0.30-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                    2.36.5-2+deb9u2
ii  libgdm1                               3.22.3-3+deb9u1
ii  libglib2.0-0                          2.50.3-2
ii  libglib2.0-bin                        2.50.3-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                            3.22.11-1
ii  libkeyutils1                          1.5.9-9
ii  libpam-modules                        1.1.8-3.6
ii  libpam-runtime                        1.1.8-3.6
ii  libpam-systemd                        232-25+deb9u2
ii  libpam0g                              1.1.8-3.6
ii  librsvg2-common                       2.40.16-1+b1
ii  libselinux1                           2.6-3+b3
ii  libsystemd0                           232-25+deb9u2
ii  libwrap0                              7.6.q-26
ii  libx11-6                              2:1.6.4-3
ii  libxau6                               1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxcb1                               1.12-1
ii  libxdmcp6                             1:1.1.2-3
ii  lsb-base                              9.20161125
ii  mutter [x-window-manager]             3.22.3-2
ii  openbox [x-window-manager]            3.6.1-4
ii  policykit-1                           0.105-18
ii  ratpoison [x-window-manager]          1.4.8-2+b1
ii  ucf                                   3.0036
ii  x11-common                            1:7.7+19
ii  x11-xserver-utils                     7.7+7+b1
ii  xmonad [x-window-manager]             0.12-5+b1
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]           327-2

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core    2.22.0-6+deb9u1
ii  desktop-base    9.0.2+deb9u1
ii  x11-xkb-utils   7.7+3+b1
pn  xserver-xephyr  <none>
ii  xserver-xorg    1:7.7+19
ii  zenity          3.22.0-1+b1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-orca            3.22.2-3
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.20.0-3