Debian Bug report logs - #748307
gnome: starts in legacy mode when switching ttys

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Package: gnome-session-bin; Maintainer for gnome-session-bin is Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>; Source for gnome-session-bin is src:gnome-session (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Gregory Derecho <gdfusion@gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 23:27:02 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version gnome-session/3.4.2.1-4

Done: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, gdfusion@gmail.com, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#748307; Package gnome-session-bin. (Thu, 15 May 2014 23:27:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Gregory Derecho <gdfusion@gmail.com>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to gdfusion@gmail.com, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Thu, 15 May 2014 23:27:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Gregory Derecho <gdfusion@gmail.com>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gnome: starts in legacy mode when switching ttys
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 19:25:11 -0400
Package: gnome-session-bin
Version: 3.4.2.1-4
Severity: important
File: gnoyme

Dear Maintaner,

When I start the gnome-shell from the command line via "startx," and I
switch ttys before gnome finishes loading, the shell crashes and reverts
to legacy mode.

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-session-bin depends on:
ii  dbus-x11                                     1.6.8-1+deb7u1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.12.1-3
ii  gconf-service                                3.2.5-1+build1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.4.2-3
ii  libc6                                        2.13-38+deb7u1
ii  libcairo2                                    1.12.2-3
ii  libdbus-1-3                                  1.6.8-1+deb7u1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                             0.100.2-1
ii  libgconf-2-4                                 3.2.5-1+build1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.26.1-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]                     8.0.5-4+deb7u2
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.4.2-6
ii  libice6                                      2:1.0.8-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           0.14.2-1
ii  libnotify4                                   0.7.5-1
ii  libsm6                                       2:1.2.1-2
ii  libupower-glib1                              0.9.17-1
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
ii  libxau6                                      1:1.0.7-1
ii  libxcomposite1                               1:0.4.3-2
ii  libxext6                                     2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
ii  libxrender1                                  1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1
ii  libxtst6                                     2:1.2.1-1+deb7u1
ii  upower                                       0.9.17-1

gnome-session-bin recommends no packages.

gnome-session-bin suggests no packages.

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Reply sent to Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:55:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Gregory Derecho <gdfusion@gmail.com>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:55:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 748307-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
To: 948356-done@bugs.debian.org, 901429-done@bugs.debian.org, 882662-done@bugs.debian.org, 879906-done@bugs.debian.org, 861356-done@bugs.debian.org, 819898-done@bugs.debian.org, 810211-done@bugs.debian.org, 791389-done@bugs.debian.org, 787218-done@bugs.debian.org, 787087-done@bugs.debian.org, 781922-done@bugs.debian.org, 781049-done@bugs.debian.org, 758933-done@bugs.debian.org, 750058-done@bugs.debian.org, 748307-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: closing old gnome-session bugs
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 17:53:09 -0500
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha



Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Fri, 05 Dec 2025 07:25:13 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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