Bug#940614: gdm3: GDM doesn't start (I see flickering on the console a few times until it decides it has failed)

[Jeremy Bicha]

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 6:39 AM Yllman, Jens <jens at yllman.se> wrote:
> My Gnome 3.34 on debian unstable started acting the same after gdm3 got
> upgraded gdm3:amd64 (3.34.0-2, 3.34.1-1).
>
> What I was doing before this was to try bumblebee to handle having both
> intel and nvidia graphics card in this laptop. And then removing
> bumblebee. Then doing a upgrade installed new version of gdm3. And now I
> can not get the desktop up and running. And I have no idea how to
> troubleshoot this.
>
> gnome is now up at 3.34.1, mostly.

Jens, please file a separate bug. gnome-shell & mutter 3.34.1 were
just uploaded to unstable moments ago so maybe try those updates when
they're published. Reboot and then report the bug if you're still
affected.

Thanks,
Jeremy