Bug#1084770: gdm3: GDM3 Requires Multiple Logins and Extension Not Loaded When Finally Successful

[akashashen]

Package: gdm3
Version: 47.0-3
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: lehn.aaron at gmail.com

Sid is up-to-date as of Oct 6th.

I login like normal, the screen turns grey with the cursor still visible, and
then, I see a terminal screen and GDM3 returns, requiring me to login at least
one more time.  On two occasions, it just kept repeating the terminal-to-gdm3
loop without logging in.  On at least on of those times, when I logged in on
t2, I was able to login successfully afterwards; though, it should be noted, I
was trying to get around the problem by telling the system to switch to lightdm
(but gdm3 was still on the screen, and magically worked.)

Most of the time, I have to relaunch my extensions after logging in (there may
have literally been two exceptions to that, and I *THINK* one of them was after
the purge mentioned below.)

I've had this issue with gdm3 only on this laptop, but for both GNOMEs 46 and
47.

I have purged gdm3; switched to lightdm; purged lightdm; reinstalled gdm3 and
still had this problem.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.10.12-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                              23.13.9-7
ii  adduser                                      3.137
ii  blackbox [x-window-manager]                  0.70.1-39+b2
ii  cinnamon [x-window-manager]                  6.2.9-1
ii  cinnamon-session [x-session-manager]         6.2.1-1
ii  dbus [default-dbus-system-bus]               1.14.10-4+b1
ii  dbus-bin                                     1.14.10-4+b1
ii  dbus-daemon                                  1.14.10-4+b1
ii  dconf-cli                                    0.40.0-4+b2
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                      0.40.0-4+b2
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                        1.5.87
ii  foot [x-terminal-emulator]                   1.18.1-1
ii  gir1.2-gdm-1.0                               47.0-3
ii  gnome-classic [x-session-manager]            47.0-2
ii  gnome-classic-xsession [x-session-manager]   47.0-2
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]            46.0-8
ii  gnome-session-bin                            46.0-8
ii  gnome-session-common                         46.0-8
ii  gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager]  3.54.0-1
ii  gnome-session-xsession [x-session-manager]   46.0-8
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        47.1-2
ii  gnome-shell                                  47.0-3
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]         3.54.0-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    47.1-1
ii  libaccountsservice0                          23.13.9-7
ii  libaudit1                                    1:4.0.1-1
ii  libc6                                        2.40-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0                          2.42.12+dfsg-1
ii  libgdm1                                      47.0-3
ii  libglib2.0-0t64                              2.82.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-bin                               2.82.1-1
ii  libgtk-3-0t64                                3.24.43-4
ii  libgudev-1.0-0                               238-5
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           1.10.0+ds-2
ii  libkeyutils1                                 1.6.3-3
ii  libpam-modules                               1.5.3-7
ii  libpam-runtime                               1.5.3-7
ii  libpam-systemd [logind]                      256.6-1
ii  libpam0g                                     1.5.3-7
ii  librsvg2-common                              2.59.1+dfsg-1
ii  libselinux1                                  3.7-3
ii  libsystemd0                                  256.6-1
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.8.7-1+b1
ii  libxau6                                      1:1.0.9-1+b1
ii  libxcb1                                      1.17.0-2
ii  libxdmcp6                                    1:1.1.2-3+b1
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]                  1:3.52.0-1+b3
ii  muffin [x-window-manager]                    6.2.0-1
ii  polkitd                                      125-2
ii  procps                                       2:4.0.4-6
ii  systemd-sysv                                 256.6-1
ii  ucf                                          3.0043+nmu1
ii  x11-common                                   1:7.7+23.1
ii  x11-xserver-utils                            7.7+10+b1
ii  xfce4-session [x-session-manager]            4.18.4-1
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]         1.1.3-1
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manager]                     4.18.0-1+b1
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]                  394-1

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core                                 2.54.0-1
ii  cinnamon-session [x-session-manager]         6.2.1-1
ii  desktop-base                                 13.0.0~pre1
ii  gnome-classic [x-session-manager]            47.0-2
ii  gnome-classic-xsession [x-session-manager]   47.0-2
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]            46.0-8
ii  gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager]  3.54.0-1
ii  gnome-session-xsession [x-session-manager]   46.0-8
ii  x11-xkb-utils                                7.7+9
ii  xfce4-session [x-session-manager]            4.18.4-1
ii  xserver-xephyr                               2:21.1.13-2
ii  xserver-xorg                                 1:7.7+23.1
ii  zenity                                       4.0.2-1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn  libpam-fprintd        <none>
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  46.2-1
pn  libpam-pkcs11         <none>
pn  libpam-sss            <none>
ii  orca                  47.0-1

-- debconf information:
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3