Bug 2406899 - crash in gnome-session causing black screen instead of login screen
Summary: crash in gnome-session causing black screen instead of login screen
Keywords:
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-session
Version: 43
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: GNOME SIG Unassigned
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-10-28 19:28 UTC by jeffrey Smith
Modified: 2025-11-01 21:35 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
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Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
coredump file (136.08 KB, application/gzip)
2025-10-28 19:30 UTC, jeffrey Smith
no flags Details

Description jeffrey Smith 2025-10-28 19:28:24 UTC
Getting the following crash after upgrading to fedore 43 and cant login any longer.

[root@jeffrey-pc ~]# coredumpctl dump 34674
           PID: 34674 (gnome-session-i)
           UID: 60589 (60589)
           GID: 42 (gdm)
        Signal: 5 (TRAP)
     Timestamp: Tue 2025-10-28 19:16:01 GMT (8min ago)
  Command Line: /usr/libexec/gnome-session-init-worker gnome-login
    Executable: /usr/libexec/gnome-session-init-worker
 Control Group: /user.slice/user-60589.slice/session-c12.scope
          Unit: session-c12.scope
         Slice: user-60589.slice
       Session: c12
     Owner UID: 60589 (60589)
       Boot ID: 9f9aa9d2f5224db9a03938172201b369
    Machine ID: cfd536e17bc84178b168620bbdf60d1f
      Hostname: jeffrey-pc
       Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.gnome-session-i.60589.9f9aa9d2f5224db9a03938172201b369.34674.1761678961000000.zst (present)
  Size on Disk: 102.3K
       Package: gnome-session/49.1-1.fc43
      build-id: 57f7f3ed71d4d09127b9972974b685ba694ae891
       Message: Process 34674 (gnome-session-i) of user 60589 dumped core.

                Module /usr/libexec/gnome-session-init-worker from rpm gnome-session-49.1-1.fc43.x86_64
                Module libblkid.so.1 from rpm util-linux-2.41.1-17.fc43.x86_64
                Module libpcre2-8.so.0 from rpm pcre2-10.46-1.fc43.x86_64
                Module libffi.so.8 from rpm libffi-3.5.1-2.fc43.x86_64
                Module libselinux.so.1 from rpm libselinux-3.9-5.fc43.x86_64
                Module libmount.so.1 from rpm util-linux-2.41.1-17.fc43.x86_64
                Module libz.so.1 from rpm zlib-ng-2.2.5-2.fc43.x86_64
                Module libgmodule-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.86.0-2.fc43.x86_64
                Module libglib-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.86.0-2.fc43.x86_64
                Module libgobject-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.86.0-2.fc43.x86_64
                Module libgio-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.86.0-2.fc43.x86_64
                Stack trace of thread 34674:
                #0  0x00007f5746c15f03 g_log_structured_array (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x4bf03)
                #1  0x00007f5746c162dc g_log_default_handler (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x4c2dc)
                #2  0x00007f5746c11027 g_logv (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x47027)
                #3  0x00007f5746c113c3 g_log (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x473c3)
                #4  0x00005626b8e4b05b main (/usr/libexec/gnome-session-init-worker + 0x105b)
                #5  0x00007f57469ad5b5 __libc_start_call_main (libc.so.6 + 0x35b5)
                #6  0x00007f57469ad668 __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 (libc.so.6 + 0x3668)
                #7  0x00005626b8e4b645 _start (/usr/libexec/gnome-session-init-worker + 0x1645)

                Stack trace of thread 34681:
                #0  0x00007f5746a24982 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0x7a982)
                #1  0x00007f5746a18c3c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6ec3c)
                #2  0x00007f5746a18c84 __syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6ec84)
                #3  0x00007f5746a926c6 ppoll (libc.so.6 + 0xe86c6)
                #4  0x00007f5746c142a0 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x4a2a0)
                #5  0x00007f5746c1445f g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x4a45f)
                #6  0x00007f5746e67f12 gdbus_shared_thread_func.lto_priv.0 (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xe8f12)
                #7  0x00007f5746c3f602 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x75602)
                #8  0x00007f5746a1c464 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x72464)
                #9  0x00007f5746a9f5ac __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0xf55ac)

                Stack trace of thread 34679:
                #0  0x00007f5746a9d34d syscall (libc.so.6 + 0xf334d)
                #1  0x00007f5746c366ab g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x6c6ab)
                #2  0x00007f5746bd41ac g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xa1ac)
                #3  0x00007f5746c3fab4 g_thread_pool_spawn_thread (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x75ab4)
                #4  0x00007f5746c3f602 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x75602)
                #5  0x00007f5746a1c464 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x72464)
                #6  0x00007f5746a9f5ac __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0xf55ac)

                Stack trace of thread 34680:
                #0  0x00007f5746a24982 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0x7a982)
                #1  0x00007f5746a18c3c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6ec3c)
                #2  0x00007f5746a18c84 __syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6ec84)
                #3  0x00007f5746a926c6 ppoll (libc.so.6 + 0xe86c6)
                #4  0x00007f5746c142a0 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x4a2a0)
                #5  0x00007f5746c14363 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x4a363)
                #6  0x00007f5746c143b1 glib_worker_main (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x4a3b1)
                #7  0x00007f5746c3f602 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x75602)
                #8  0x00007f5746a1c464 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x72464)
                #9  0x00007f5746a9f5ac __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0xf55ac)
                ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64
Refusing to dump core to tty (use shell redirection or specify --output).


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. upgrade to fedora 43

Actual Results:
black screen with cursor flashing

Expected Results:
login screen

Comment 1 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2025-10-28 19:28:32 UTC
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1. Relates to Fedora packaging or integration with other Fedora components
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 * create an issue with GNOME
 * add a link to the GNOME issue here
 * close this issue as CLOSED/UPSTREAM

Thank you!

Comment 2 jeffrey Smith 2025-10-28 19:30:53 UTC
Created attachment 2111192 [details]
coredump file


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