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I ran gdm3 under strace both with and without the network
connected. When the network is not connected (so no nfs directories
are mounted) gdm3 shows the greeter screen. When the network <b>is</b>
connected, so the nfs directories are mounted the greeter screen is
not showing.<br>
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I examined the strace output, expecting to see it having problems
with my home directory, but no, there were many EACCES errors
accessing /usr/local. I'd forgotten that /usr/local was also nfs
mounted.<br>
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I've removed /usr/local/ from the fstab and now the gdm greeter
works even when my home directory is nfs mounted.<br>
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At the moment I can't be sure what is the exact problem (The strace
files are insanely large, and I think they don't capture everyting),
I'll keep looking.<br>
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