Bug 978624 - Intermittently gdm does not restart login screen after logout
Summary: Intermittently gdm does not restart login screen after logout
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: 19
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-06-27 01:02 UTC by Bojan Smojver
Modified: 2015-02-17 15:42 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-02-17 15:42:56 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Bojan Smojver 2013-06-27 01:02:33 UTC
Description of problem:
Occasionally, when I logout from Gnome, gdm fails to start the login screen (i.e. there is no Xorg running at all). Black screen and cursor in the upper left corner are the only things on the screen. Logging in as root on another console and doing "init 3; init5; exit" - yeah, I'm old :-) - does start it again.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm-3.8.3-1.fc19.x86_64

How reproducible:
Sometimes.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Logout from Gnome.
2. Wait for gdm login screen to appear.

Actual results:
Sometimes gdm does not show login screen after logout.

Expected results:
This worked reliably in F-18.

Additional info:
ThinkPad T510, Intel graphics. kernel-3.9.6-301.fc19.x86_64

Comment 1 George Walsh 2014-02-15 22:33:04 UTC
Our experience with this is is consistent rather than 'sometimes'.
gdm-3.10.0.1-1.fc20.x86_64
kernel-3.12.10-300.fc20.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.10.3-4.fc20.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-331.38-5.fc20.3.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-331.38-1,fc20.x86_64

... and the process before the proprietary driver was installed remains the same as after the nvidia install

This is what happens after the user requests (and confirms) logout:

1.  gdm login screen appears for less than 2 seconds.
2.  "HDMI no signal" block appears on a black screen

The operator now must enter [ESC] to display the gdm login screen (which will time out in 8 seconds so he has to be quick about selecting a new user!)

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