Debian Bug report logs - #895676
gnome-session: Black screen only when choose "GNOME on Xorg" session

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

Reported by: Kamen Naydenov <pau4o@kamennn.eu>

Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 12:09:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version gnome-session/3.28.0-2

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, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#895676; Package gnome-session. (Sat, 14 Apr 2018 12:09:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Kamen Naydenov <pau4o@kamennn.eu>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Sat, 14 Apr 2018 12:09:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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

From: Kamen Naydenov <pau4o@kamennn.eu>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gnome-session: Black screen only when choose "GNOME on Xorg" session
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 15:07:27 +0300
Package: gnome-session
Version: 3.28.0-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
On GDM greeter I choose "GNOME on Xorg" session.
Then I login.

   * What was the outcome of this action?
After login there is only black screen instead of gnome-shell. After a while I
was presented with GDM greeter again.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?
I expect to have a normal gnome-shell experience.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=bg_BG.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=bg_BG.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=bg_BG.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gnome-session-bin      3.28.0-2
ii  gnome-session-common   3.28.0-2
ii  gnome-settings-daemon  3.28.1-1
ii  gnome-shell            3.28.0-1+b1

gnome-session recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii  desktop-base   9.0.5
ii  gnome-keyring  3.28.0.2-1

-- no debconf information



Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#895676; Package gnome-session. (Sun, 15 Apr 2018 10:39:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Kamen Naydenov <pau4o@kamennn.eu>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Sun, 15 Apr 2018 10:39:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 895676@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Kamen Naydenov <pau4o@kamennn.eu>
To: 895676@bugs.debian.org
Subject: gnome-session: Black screen only when choose "GNOME on Xorg" session [solved]
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 13:36:51 +0300
I was able to solve my problem removing "workrave" from auto started programs.
Now I have normal gnome-shell session which can be crashed (going to
black screen) when starting "workrave".

best regards
Kamen



Reply sent to Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:03:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Kamen Naydenov <pau4o@kamennn.eu>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:03:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at 895676-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
To: 977050-done@bugs.debian.org, 959918-done@bugs.debian.org, 1002309-done@bugs.debian.org, 903197-done@bugs.debian.org, 895676-done@bugs.debian.org, 892691-done@bugs.debian.org, 873531-done@bugs.debian.org, 864592-done@bugs.debian.org, 862045-done@bugs.debian.org, 824276-done@bugs.debian.org, 816576-done@bugs.debian.org, 907802-done@bugs.debian.org, 522370-done@bugs.debian.org, 528384-done@bugs.debian.org, 298830-done@bugs.debian.org, 650972-done@bugs.debian.org, 739576-done@bugs.debian.org, 430862-done@bugs.debian.org, 482639-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: closing old gnome-session bugs
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 18:00:12 -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 07:33:44 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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