Bug#1009977: gdm3: Fails to start since 2022/04/19 on Debian/testing

Fri Jun 24 12:03:41 BST 2022

Hello Jeremy,

today I could fix the slow login process of GDM3 on my Debian system.

This is my coreutils bugreport:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1013260

Hello Michael,

after a reboot and looking again at the strace output I disabled the
nmbd, smbd and winbind service which made the bug dissapear.

In summary, I installed nscd which was missing on my system and
disabled the three Samba services above, which I don't need currently.

Everything now works fine again!

This also fixed my slow GDM3 login problem.

Thank you a lot!

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Now my GDM3 login works fine again!

Thanks a lot!

You can close this bug.

With many greetings,

Adrian Kieß

On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 09:19:28 +0200
Adrian Kieß <adrian at mx.kiess.onl> wrote:

> Dear Jeremy,
> 
> logging in, into GDM3 is still very slow — the load time of GDM3 is
> slow, and the log-in process is slow.
> 
> Below is the log of GDM3 from journalctl.
> 
> # journalctl -u gdm
> 
> mai 30 10:20:01 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3061]: Gdm: GdmDisplay: Session never registered, failing
> mai 30 10:20:01 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3061]: Gdm: Child process -49629 was already dead.
> mai 30 10:20:03 g6.lan.dac gdm-launch-environment][49725]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm(uid=113) by (uid=0)
> mai 30 10:39:38 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3061]: Gdm: Child process -49735 was already dead.
> mai 30 12:48:04 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager...
> mai 30 12:48:05 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3061]: Gdm: Failed to contact accountsservice: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.Accounts: Refusing activation, D-Bus is shutting down.
> mai 30 12:48:05 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> mai 30 12:48:05 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
> mai 30 12:48:05 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Stopped GNOME Display Manager.
> mai 30 12:48:05 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.
> mai 30 12:48:05 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Failed to enqueue OnFailure= job, ignoring: Unit plymouth-quit.service not found.
> -- Boot 3734e8c1a2054aeb818c90aca848b28c --
> mai 30 12:49:43 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
> mai 30 12:49:43 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
> mai 30 12:49:44 g6.lan.dac gdm-launch-environment][3190]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm(uid=113) by (uid=0)
> mai 30 12:50:57 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4385]: pam_krb5(gdm-password:auth): user adrian authenticated as adrian at LAN.DAC
> mai 30 12:50:57 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4385]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
> mai 30 12:50:57 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4385]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
> mai 30 12:51:35 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4385]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user adrian(uid=10000) by (uid=0)
> mai 30 14:19:46 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager...
> mai 30 14:19:46 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3148]: Gdm: Failed to contact accountsservice: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.Accounts: Refusing activation, D-Bus is shutting down.
> mai 30 14:19:46 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> mai 30 14:19:46 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
> mai 30 14:19:46 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Stopped GNOME Display Manager.
> mai 30 14:19:46 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.
> mai 30 14:19:46 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Failed to enqueue OnFailure= job, ignoring: Unit plymouth-quit.service not found.
> -- Boot 736b59854f064875b77021b027c5d600 --
> mai 30 14:23:20 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
> mai 30 14:23:21 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
> mai 30 14:23:26 g6.lan.dac gdm-launch-environment][3056]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm(uid=113) by (uid=0)
> mai 30 14:24:38 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4306]: pam_krb5(gdm-password:auth): user adrian authenticated as adrian at LAN.DAC
> mai 30 14:24:38 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4306]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
> mai 30 14:24:38 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4306]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
> mai 30 14:25:20 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4306]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user adrian(uid=10000) by (uid=0)
> juin 02 05:49:54 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3039]: GLib: Source ID 79 was not found when attempting to remove it
> juin 04 11:32:46 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3039]: GLib: Source ID 86 was not found when attempting to remove it
> juin 04 11:32:46 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated
> juin 04 11:32:51 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3039]: Gdm: GdmCommon: process (pid:4306, command 'gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-password]') isn't dying after 5 seconds, now ignoring it.
> juin 04 11:32:51 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Deactivated successfully.
> juin 04 11:32:52 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
> juin 04 11:32:52 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Stopped GNOME Display Manager.
> juin 04 11:32:52 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
> juin 04 11:33:48 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
> juin 04 11:33:50 g6.lan.dac gdm-launch-environment][3153266]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm(uid=113) by (uid=0)
> juin 04 11:34:21 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][3153719]: pam_krb5(gdm-password:auth): user adrian authenticated as adrian at LAN.DAC
> juin 04 11:34:21 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][3153719]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
> juin 04 11:34:21 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][3153719]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
> juin 04 11:34:36 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][3153719]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user adrian(uid=10000) by (uid=0)
> juin 04 11:34:36 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][3153719]: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring
> juin 04 11:34:52 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3153248]: Gdm: Child process -3153337 was already dead.
> juin 07 06:34:55 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager...
> juin 07 06:34:56 g6.lan.dac gdm3[3153248]: Gdm: Failed to contact accountsservice: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.Accounts: Refusing activation, D-Bus is shutting >
> juin 07 06:34:56 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> juin 07 06:34:56 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
> juin 07 06:34:56 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Stopped GNOME Display Manager.
> juin 07 06:34:56 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.
> juin 07 06:34:56 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: gdm.service: Failed to enqueue OnFailure= job, ignoring: Unit plymouth-quit.service not found.
> -- Boot 313184ca87c74edca1327de4b4b6dd85 --
> juin 07 09:04:26 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
> juin 07 09:04:26 g6.lan.dac systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
> juin 07 09:04:26 g6.lan.dac gdm-launch-environment][3281]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user Debian-gdm(uid=113) by (uid=0)
> juin 07 09:05:34 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4379]: pam_krb5(gdm-password:auth): user adrian authenticated as adrian at LAN.DAC
> juin 07 09:05:34 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4379]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
> juin 07 09:05:34 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4379]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
> juin 07 09:06:10 g6.lan.dac gdm-password][4379]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user adrian(uid=10000) by (uid=0)
> 
> An noticeable error might be this message in conjunction with the accountsservice:
> 
> Failed to contact accountsservice: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.Accounts: Refusing activation, D-Bus is shutting down.
> 
> Thank you very much in advance.
> 
> With best greetings from Leipzig, Germany.
> 
> Adrian Kieß
> 
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:34:37 -0400
> Jeremy Bicha <jeremy.bicha at canonical.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:51 AM Adrian Immanuel Kiess
> > <adrian at mx.aik.onl> wrote:
> > > GDM3 fails to load, after bringing up the system.
> > 
> > Please switch to a virtual terminal (like Ctrl+Alt+F3) and look for
> > interesting messages in
> > journalctl -b
> > 
> > Probably especially messages from gnome-shell or gdm
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Jeremy Bicha
> 
> 