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Title: Solved: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: convbsd on 2013/10/15, 16:30:12
Hi,

If someone uses gdm3 please don't do a d-u or please switch to another display manager.
Gdm3 is broken.
This might affect gnome users because gdm3 was used as display manager.

Thank you.
Title: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: ralul on 2013/10/15, 16:32:11
Do you use systemd-204
?
Title: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: ajavibp on 2013/10/15, 18:57:35
I was crazy because I thought the problem was nvidia drivers. I've installed 'lightdm' and I can work again.
Thanks!
Title: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: DeepDayze on 2013/10/16, 03:03:23
I already got bit by this bug..is there any fix/workaround? And no I am not using systemd, even though some systemd packages got pulled in my last d-u
Title: men at work
Post by: musca on 2013/10/17, 12:25:52
Hello dear gnome friends!
This bug includes some interesting details, but not (yet) a final solution for gdm3:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724731

greetings
musca
Title: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: ralul on 2013/10/17, 16:27:44
Quote from: "DeepDayze"I already got bit by this bug..is there any fix/workaround? And no I am not using systemd, even though some systemd packages got pulled in my last d-u
I am not that interested in Gnome. But I know Gnome-3.8 needs Systemd.

And I know Debian has garbled Systemd in two places:

/usr/lib/systemd
is the upstream place

/lib/systemd
Debian put it here. But Debian has left overs some at /usr/lib/systemd :( :(

Perhaps a workaround is to add some symlinks. (But then you have to remember to remove these before the next upgrade)
Title: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: DeepDayze on 2013/10/17, 17:24:02
Any good tips/tricks on switching an existing install from Sysvinit to systemd in a clean way?
Title: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: ralul on 2013/10/17, 17:38:54
@DeepDayze, clean with an unclean Debian Systemd?

But calm down: It is installing in parallel safely. You just have to add init=/lib/systemd/systemd
to the grub "linux" line to boot with using it ....
Title: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: DeepDayze on 2013/10/17, 17:51:25
Quote from: "ralul"@DeepDayze, clean with an unclean Debian Systemd?

But calm down: It is installing in parallel safely. You just have to add init=/lib/systemd/systemd
to the grub "linux" line to boot with using it ....

OK, then will I need to make any other changes to my system? I have a Debian Sid install that has Gnome3 desktop

What I mean by "clean" is not having anything else breaking.
Title: Re: men at work
Post by: ralul on 2013/10/17, 20:08:07
@DeepDayze, reading the link of
Quote from: "musca"not (yet) a final solution for gdm3:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724731
it is already broken?
Title: Re: men at work
Post by: DeepDayze on 2013/10/17, 20:46:15
Quote from: "ralul"@DeepDayze, reading the link of
Quote from: "musca"not (yet) a final solution for gdm3:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724731
it is already broken?

Yea, gdm3 is broken not to mention having bad interactions with systemd
Title: Status update
Post by: musca on 2013/10/25, 02:55:35
Hello dear gnome friends,

heavy discussions on the mailing lists today: gnome 3.8 depends on systemd-logind.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/10/msg00444.html

One reaction was the proposal to switch to another default desktop.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/10/msg00496.html

I heard the rumor that a very active maintainer of gnome and systemd has left the project at least for a while. He had planned to complete the rest of the gnome 3.8 transition in one big step in the next days.

Lets wait a bit and let the dust settle down.

greetings
musca
Title: Re: Status update
Post by: DeepDayze on 2013/10/25, 03:20:27
Quote from: "musca"Hello dear gnome friends,

heavy discussions on the mailing lists today: gnome 3.8 depends on systemd-logind.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/10/msg00444.html

One reaction was the proposal to switch to another default desktop.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/10/msg00496.html

I heard the rumor that a very active maintainer of gnome and systemd has left the project at least for a while. He had planned to complete the rest of the gnome 3.8 transition in one big step in the next days.

Lets wait a bit and let the dust settle down.

greetings
musca

so then should we install systemd-logind in this case or is that package also rather broken?
Title: Re: Status update
Post by: agaida on 2013/10/25, 11:24:18
install lightdm :) - and done. The best would be: apt-get install siduction-settings-lightdm(-$foo)
Title: Re: Status update
Post by: DeepDayze on 2013/10/26, 01:31:38
Quote from: "agaida"install lightdm :) - and done. The best would be: apt-get install siduction-settings-lightdm(-$foo)

I'll give that a try with my Debian Sid GNOME 3 setup...thanks for that idea
Title: Re: Status update
Post by: agaida on 2013/10/26, 01:42:42
have tested this with our live-cds and some folks in the IRC - should work without problems.

debian runs in the same problem now - with all possible consequences aka eventually switching to a new standard desktop (xfce), the temp. retirement of a systemd developer and much more mailinglist fun and flamewars. Hmm, i think the switch to lightdm for the moment is not such invasive ...
Title: Re: Status update
Post by: DeepDayze on 2013/10/26, 01:54:32
Quote from: "agaida"have tested this with our live-cds and some folks in the IRC - should work without problems.

debian runs in the same problem now - with all possible consequences aka eventually switching to a new standard desktop (xfce), the temp. retirement of a systemd developer and much more mailinglist fun and flamewars. Hmm, i think the switch to lightdm for the moment is not such invasive ...

Sounds like a plan so perhaps I'll temporarily disable gdm3 and switch to lightdm. How well does it handle GNOME 3?

OK switched to Lightdm and so far it works fine, but many of the existing Gnome-shell extensions are broken but was able to update many of them

Any tricks to get Lightdm to behave and look like gdm3?
Title: Re: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: michaaa62 on 2013/11/07, 08:13:45
gdm3 seems to be working again in version 3.8.4-3, but autologin does not work still.
Title: Re: Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: agaida on 2013/11/09, 01:34:04
One can try to install libpam-systemd - as far as i know should it be present - even in the case one don't use systemd. But maybe i didn't get it right :)

If this helps in any case, drop a message.
Title: [solved:] Warning ( gdm3 is broken )
Post by: musca on 2013/11/18, 09:35:02
Hello my dear gnome users!

The transition to gnome 3.8 has done a big step forward:
3.8.4-6 gdm3
3.8.4-4 gnome-shell
3.8.4-2 gnome-shell-extensions
3.8.4-3 gnome-session
3.8.3-4 gnome-control-center
3.8.4-1 gnome-themes-standard
3.10.1-1 gnome-terminal
3.6.2-2 gnome-panel
3.6.2-2 gnome-session-fallback
204-5  systemd
204-5  libpam-systemd
204-5  libsystemd-daemon0
204-5  libsystemd-journal0
204-5  libsystemd-login0


I have done a successful dist-upgrade on firestarter-gnome. Finally gdm3 allowed me to login and so i will close this thread. Please feel free to open new threads if you encounter any issues. I'm now looking forward to explore the shiny new gnome 3.8 desktop.

greetings
musca