[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#897631: marked as done (Kernel update breaks GDM)

Your message dated Wed, 09 May 2018 23:22:44 +0100
with message-id <5c94024e3023096fea1172fc1c1a58533b9839c1.camel@decadent.org.uk>
and subject line [Fwd: Re: Kernel update breaks GDM]
has caused the Debian Bug report #897631,
regarding Kernel update breaks GDM
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this
message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system
misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org
immediately.)


-- 
897631: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897631
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
--- Begin Message --- 
Package: linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64

The update for package linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 from 4.9.82-1+deb9u3
to the newest 4.9.88-1 breaks the autostart of GDM. This was on a fresh
install of Debian 9 (stable).

When I did the update after installing I couldn't login with GDM after
reboot, the boot would freeze. And I know that the NVIDIA drivers
(version 375.82-1~deb9u1) weren't loaded because the fan on my graphics
card are ramped up when the NVIDIA driver is not loaded (so when the
driver loads the fan will go silent).

I actually reinstalled the system a couple of times and the error would
occur every single time. Only installing the NVIDIA drivers after
install and not updating works just fine so it's not the NVIDIA drivers
that are erroneous. I found the error by installing updates one by one.
And after updating the kernel the error would appear.

Anyway the system refused to load GDM and the only way I could log in
was by switching to another TTY and log in from the command line.

However soon after logging in (usually by the time I had written a
couple of commands) GDM would start and I could then log in from the
GUI and from then on everything would work just fine. GDM would however
not start if I didn't log in from the command line, instead the system
would just hang indefinetly (I actually left it on for about 30 min
while going on lunch).

I ran 'systemctl status gdm3' right after logging in on TTY2 in and it
stated that it was indeed running but it wouldn't show the login screen
or load the NVIDIA drivers (since my graphics cards fans were going
full blast).

There also was no errors in any logs from what I could see. The gdm3
folder in /var/log was completely empty.

Rolling back to kernel version 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 resolved the problem.

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Version: 4.9.88-1+deb9u1

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: silvio.sabo@gmail.com
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Kernel update breaks GDM
Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 21:16:42 +0200
Message-Id: <1525893402.4140.1.camel@localhost>

tis 2018-05-08 klockan 01:07 +0200 skrev silvio.sabo@gmail.com:
> > Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> > 
> > On Thu, 03 May 2018 18:59:36 +0200 silvio.sabo@gmail.com wrote:
> > [...]
> > > However soon after logging in (usually by the time I had written
> > > a
> > > couple of commands) GDM would start and I could then log in from
> > > the
> > > GUI and from then on everything would work just fine. GDM would
> > > however
> > > not start if I didn't log in from the command line, instead the
> > > system
> > > would just hang indefinetly (I actually left it on for about 30
> > > min
> > > while going on lunch).
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > This may sound like a silly request, but does GDM start up if you
> > wiggle the mouse for a few seconds?
> > 
> > Ben.
> > 
> 
> 
> No it doesn't. It starts only if I log in and only if I start typing
> some command in the terminal after I've logged in.
> 
> If I wiggle the mouse for a while it just continues to hang. If I
> just
> log in and don't type any command it doesn't start either. It's
> really
> weird!
> 
> Here's what I've tried so far:
> 
> - I've added the "Debian-gdm" user to "video" group as well, thought
> it
> might help, but it didn't.
> 
> - I updated the NVIDIA driver to both 384.130 and the newest 396-
> version but neither of those helped.
> 
> - If I edit the "/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf"-file and comment out the
> "#WaylandEnable=false"-line the NVIDIA driver does load (I can hear
> the
> fans of my graphics card go silent) but then I get a completely blank
> screen.


Hi again.

The new update to 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 seems to have resolved the problem
for me.

I've had a few reboots now and all seems to be working fine again.

/Silvio

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part


--- End Message ---
Reply to: