Activity log for bug #1939592

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2021-08-11 14:42:37 Andrey Arapov bug added bug
2021-08-11 15:11:32 Andrey Arapov description Login screen (gdm3) is purple blank after switching userA -> userB -> userA again. Sometimes need to switch 5 times.. but definitely after around 5 times gdm3 breaks (it shows just a blank purple screen with the cursor). ## Workaround Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or F4.. F5...) until I get to the user I need to (and unlock the screensaver there). OR: switch to the console and run "exec sudo systemctl restart gdm3". ("exec" is not necessary but highly desirable from the security point of view, so there won't be a logged in session). arno@z390-linux:~$ dpkg -l gdm3 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-=======================-============-================================= ii gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 amd64 GNOME Display Manager arno@z390-linux:~$ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-25-generic root=UUID=a39515ec-3bed-493b-8286-3904a4aac9de ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 arno@z390-linux:~$ nvidia-smi Wed Aug 11 16:42:07 2021 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 460.91.03 Driver Version: 460.91.03 CUDA Version: 11.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce RTX 207... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | 0% 37C P8 17W / 215W | 473MiB / 7979MiB | 1% Default | | | | N/A | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 2211 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10496 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 106MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10626 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 157MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 16828 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 38063 G ...AAAAAAAAA= --shared-files 80MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 11 16:37:35 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-26 (318 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) Login screen (gdm3) is purple blank after switching userA -> userB -> userA again. Sometimes need to switch 5 times.. but definitely after around 5 times gdm3 breaks (it shows just a blank purple screen with the cursor). ## Workaround Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or F4.. F5...) until I get to the user I need to (and unlock the screensaver there). OR: switch to the console and run "exec sudo systemctl restart gdm3". ("exec" is not necessary but highly desirable from the security point of view, so there won't be a logged in session). ## Workaround 2 To not use gdm3. There are alternatives such as sddm or ligthdm: sudo apt install sddm OR sudo apt install lightdm Ctrl+Alt+F5 (drop to a console) sudo systemctl stop gdm3 exec sudo systemctl start display-manager ## Details arno@z390-linux:~$ dpkg -l gdm3 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-=======================-============-================================= ii gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 amd64 GNOME Display Manager arno@z390-linux:~$ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-25-generic root=UUID=a39515ec-3bed-493b-8286-3904a4aac9de ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 arno@z390-linux:~$ nvidia-smi Wed Aug 11 16:42:07 2021 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 460.91.03 Driver Version: 460.91.03 CUDA Version: 11.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce RTX 207... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | 0% 37C P8 17W / 215W | 473MiB / 7979MiB | 1% Default | | | | N/A | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 2211 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10496 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 106MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10626 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 157MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 16828 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 38063 G ...AAAAAAAAA= --shared-files 80MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 11 16:37:35 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-26 (318 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
2021-08-12 01:51:36 Daniel van Vugt bug task added gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
2021-08-13 15:31:01 Andrey Arapov description Login screen (gdm3) is purple blank after switching userA -> userB -> userA again. Sometimes need to switch 5 times.. but definitely after around 5 times gdm3 breaks (it shows just a blank purple screen with the cursor). ## Workaround Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or F4.. F5...) until I get to the user I need to (and unlock the screensaver there). OR: switch to the console and run "exec sudo systemctl restart gdm3". ("exec" is not necessary but highly desirable from the security point of view, so there won't be a logged in session). ## Workaround 2 To not use gdm3. There are alternatives such as sddm or ligthdm: sudo apt install sddm OR sudo apt install lightdm Ctrl+Alt+F5 (drop to a console) sudo systemctl stop gdm3 exec sudo systemctl start display-manager ## Details arno@z390-linux:~$ dpkg -l gdm3 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-=======================-============-================================= ii gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 amd64 GNOME Display Manager arno@z390-linux:~$ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-25-generic root=UUID=a39515ec-3bed-493b-8286-3904a4aac9de ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 arno@z390-linux:~$ nvidia-smi Wed Aug 11 16:42:07 2021 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 460.91.03 Driver Version: 460.91.03 CUDA Version: 11.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce RTX 207... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | 0% 37C P8 17W / 215W | 473MiB / 7979MiB | 1% Default | | | | N/A | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 2211 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10496 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 106MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10626 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 157MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 16828 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 38063 G ...AAAAAAAAA= --shared-files 80MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 11 16:37:35 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-26 (318 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) Login screen (gdm3) is purple blank after switching userA -> userB -> userA again. Sometimes need to switch 5 times.. but definitely after around 5 times gdm3 breaks (it shows just a blank purple screen with the cursor). ## Workaround Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or F4.. F5...) until I get to the user I need to (and unlock the screensaver there). OR: switch to the console and run "exec sudo systemctl restart gdm3". ("exec" is not necessary but highly desirable from the security point of view, so there won't be a logged in session). ## Workaround 2 To not use gdm3. There are alternatives such as sddm or ligthdm: sudo apt install sddm OR sudo apt install lightdm Ctrl+Alt+F5 (drop to a console) sudo systemctl stop gdm3 exec sudo systemctl start display-manager ## Details arno@z390-linux:~$ dpkg -l gdm3 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-=======================-============-================================= ii gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 amd64 GNOME Display Manager arno@z390-linux:~$ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-25-generic root=UUID=a39515ec-3bed-493b-8286-3904a4aac9de ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 arno@z390-linux:~$ nvidia-smi Wed Aug 11 16:42:07 2021 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 460.91.03 Driver Version: 460.91.03 CUDA Version: 11.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce RTX 207... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | 0% 37C P8 17W / 215W | 473MiB / 7979MiB | 1% Default | | | | N/A | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 2211 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10496 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 106MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10626 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 157MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 16828 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 38063 G ...AAAAAAAAA= --shared-files 80MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 11 16:37:35 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-26 (318 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
2021-08-13 15:31:11 Andrey Arapov description Login screen (gdm3) is purple blank after switching userA -> userB -> userA again. Sometimes need to switch 5 times.. but definitely after around 5 times gdm3 breaks (it shows just a blank purple screen with the cursor). ## Workaround Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or F4.. F5...) until I get to the user I need to (and unlock the screensaver there). OR: switch to the console and run "exec sudo systemctl restart gdm3". ("exec" is not necessary but highly desirable from the security point of view, so there won't be a logged in session). ## Workaround 2 To not use gdm3. There are alternatives such as sddm or ligthdm: sudo apt install sddm OR sudo apt install lightdm Ctrl+Alt+F5 (drop to a console) sudo systemctl stop gdm3 exec sudo systemctl start display-manager ## Details arno@z390-linux:~$ dpkg -l gdm3 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-=======================-============-================================= ii gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 amd64 GNOME Display Manager arno@z390-linux:~$ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-25-generic root=UUID=a39515ec-3bed-493b-8286-3904a4aac9de ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 arno@z390-linux:~$ nvidia-smi Wed Aug 11 16:42:07 2021 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 460.91.03 Driver Version: 460.91.03 CUDA Version: 11.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce RTX 207... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | 0% 37C P8 17W / 215W | 473MiB / 7979MiB | 1% Default | | | | N/A | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 2211 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10496 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 106MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10626 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 157MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 16828 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 38063 G ...AAAAAAAAA= --shared-files 80MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 11 16:37:35 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-26 (318 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) Login screen (gdm3) is purple blank after switching userA -> userB -> userA again. Sometimes need to switch 5 times.. but definitely after around 5 times gdm3 breaks (it shows just a blank purple screen with the cursor). ## Workaround Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or F4.. F5...) until I get to the user I need to (and unlock the screensaver there). OR: switch to the console and run "exec sudo systemctl restart gdm3". ("exec" is not necessary but highly desirable from the security point of view, so there won't be a logged in session). ## Workaround 2 To not use gdm3. There are alternatives such as sddm or ligthdm: sudo apt install lightdm Ctrl+Alt+F5 (drop to a console) sudo systemctl stop gdm3 exec sudo systemctl start display-manager ## Details arno@z390-linux:~$ dpkg -l gdm3 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-=======================-============-================================= ii gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 amd64 GNOME Display Manager arno@z390-linux:~$ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-25-generic root=UUID=a39515ec-3bed-493b-8286-3904a4aac9de ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 arno@z390-linux:~$ nvidia-smi Wed Aug 11 16:42:07 2021 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 460.91.03 Driver Version: 460.91.03 CUDA Version: 11.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce RTX 207... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | 0% 37C P8 17W / 215W | 473MiB / 7979MiB | 1% Default | | | | N/A | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 2211 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10496 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 106MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 10626 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 157MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 16828 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 35MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 38063 G ...AAAAAAAAA= --shared-files 80MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 11 16:37:35 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-26 (318 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
2021-10-18 23:51:34 Launchpad Janitor gdm3 (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2021-10-18 23:51:34 Launchpad Janitor gnome-shell (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed