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FS#48071 - [gnome-shell] starts an endless loop of trying to login

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Khar Tahk (khartahk) - Sunday, 07 February 2016, 13:29 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 30 September 2016, 10:20 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
After upgrade from gnome-shell 3.18.3-2 to gnome-shell 3.18.3-3 gnome-shell starts an endless loop of trying to login. I'm using nvidia-304xx driver and linux-4.3.3-3 kernel. A workaround for now is to go back to gnome-shell 3.18.3-2.

Additional info:
* gnome-shell 3.18.3-3
* log file attached, take a look at error at feb 07 00:34:53

Steps to reproduce:
- upgrade to gnome-shell 3.18.3-3
- reboot computer
   journalctl.log.bz2 (70.1 KiB)
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Friday, 30 September 2016, 10:20 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 07 February 2016, 15:31 GMT
Does this happen in Arch instead of Antergos?
Comment by Khar Tahk (khartahk) - Sunday, 07 February 2016, 15:37 GMT
I'm using Antergos so I can't test this on arch, but since the only difference is in the installer (all the packages are stock arch) and I had no other issues since 2013 my guess is the problem is either with my HW and drivers + the latest change in gnome-shell or just in gnome-shell. I tried to install previous kernel and nvidia drivers without downgrading gnome-shell but this did not help. O and I'm using nvidia-340xx driver not 304.
Comment by Khar Tahk (khartahk) - Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 17:30 GMT
Now after downgrading gnome-shell I also had to downgrade libsecret or I can't connect to openVPN
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 11 February 2016, 11:37 GMT
Your logs indicate a segmentation fault in both gnome-shell-binary and gsettings. Those could be from gnome-shell 3.18.3-2 running with latest libsecret though.

I don't see any reason why -2 would work on your system and -3 doesn't.
Comment by Khar Tahk (khartahk) - Saturday, 13 February 2016, 10:24 GMT
I've installed a second antergos on a new partition and updated all the packages. There are some diferences in this two versions the new one uses lightdm the old one gdm. The old one does not boot with -3 the new one does. I've also reinstalled all the packages that are in the new one over the old one. The only thing I haven't done is removed the /var/cache/pacman/pkg cache and tried to reinstall that way. I'll try this and see what happens.
Comment by Khar Tahk (khartahk) - Saturday, 13 February 2016, 17:36 GMT
I've now switched the new installation to gdm (some issues regarding lightdm not locking my screen automatically when set through gnome settings) and it still works with all the packages updated. Unlike the old one it only works if I downgraded gnome-shell to 3.18.3-2. I will now try to change the old one to lightdm to see if that will work.

Another question - how can I be sure that gdm is not trying to use wayland when starting login? I have an nvidia 9650M with proprietary drivers nvidia-340xx installed and as I read wayland is not yet supported?

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