** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues #973 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/973
** Also affects: gdm via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/973 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => ubuntu-25.10 ** Tags added: fixed-in-gdm-49.rc fixed-upstream ** Also affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu Noble) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu Plucky) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu Questing) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Zhaoxuan Zhai (kxuan) Status: Fix Committed ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Jammy) Assignee: (unassigned) => Zhaoxuan Zhai (kxuan) ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Noble) Assignee: (unassigned) => Zhaoxuan Zhai (kxuan) ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Plucky) Assignee: (unassigned) => Zhaoxuan Zhai (kxuan) ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Plucky) Milestone: None => plucky-updates ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Noble) Milestone: None => noble-updates ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Jammy) Milestone: None => jammy-updates ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Plucky) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Noble) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Jammy) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2120413 Title: [SRU]Fix preferred display server has not been retried on start Status in gdm: Unknown Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in gdm3 source package in Jammy: In Progress Status in gdm3 source package in Noble: In Progress Status in gdm3 source package in Plucky: In Progress Status in gdm3 source package in Questing: Fix Committed Bug description: [ Impact ] * On Wayland only devices, when the Wayland display server fails to start occasionally, the gdm3 will only retry the unsupported Xorg display server instead of Wayland display server. The retry mechanism ineffective on these Wayland only devices, which in turn causes these devices to be unable to start graphics due to an occasional failure. * This patch backport from upstream and it will give 5 tries for the preferred display server (Wayland on our case). [ Test Plan ] This patch can be verified on ubuntu Desktop by following these steps: * Download attached gdm-crash-test.sh and save it into /usr/local/bin/gdm-crash-test.sh (This script will emulate a start fail of gdm) * Run "chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gdm-crash-test.sh" * Edit /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.desktop. Replace the line starts with "Exec=" to: Exec=/usr/local/bin/gdm-crash-test.sh * Reboot * - If this device does not support Xorg display server, you will unable to see the Ubuntu login screen. - If this device supports Xorg display server, in the Ubuntu login screen, you will noticed that Wayland option is unusable. * Then, install the test package on system and reboot. * With new package, the login screen will show normally, and the wayland option is usable. [ Where problems could occur ] * This patch adds 4 extra launch chances for the preferred display server. This may increase the delay in gdm selecting a fallback display server if the preferred display server is truly completely unavailable. [ Other Info ] * This patch has just been merged into gdm main branch, and it will be in the next gdm release. * This bug originally raised by our customer Adventech (LP: #2099664) * Upstream Issue: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/973 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/2120413/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
