Bug#1031688: gnome-shell 44~beta crashes immediately unless mutter-common-bin is installed

[Simon McVittie]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 17:37:48 +0100, Roderich Schupp wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 5:27 PM Simon McVittie <[1]smcv at debian.org> wrote:
> 
>     > Feb 20 15:18:32 nuc8 gnome-shell[7963]: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter
>     > 44.beta) as a X11 window and compositing manager
>     >        ??? why X11, should be Wayland
> 
>     mutter is a Wayland compositor, but it's also an X11 window and compositing
>     manager at the same time. Even when running in native-Wayland mode, it
>     manages X11 windows (if any) in its Xwayland instance, to provide
>     compatibility with older applications.
> 
> Sure, but  the string "Running GNOME Shell (using mutter XXX) as a X11 window
> and compositing manager"
> doesn't appear in my journal at all before installing 44.beta, only the "... as
> a Wayland compositor" variant.

Perhaps there's a separate regression in 44.beta, then - its udev rules
might be forcing mutter-based compositors into X11 mode on systems where
it isn't necessary, or wasn't previously necessary? Please report that
as a separate bug (presumably of lower severity) if you think the wrong
thing is happening.

    smcv