[Bug 995924] New: gnome-shell segmentation fault when starting up gdm
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http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=995924 Bug ID: 995924 Summary: gnome-shell segmentation fault when starting up gdm Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: x86-64 OS: SUSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME Assignee: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: robert.munteanu@gmail.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Running gnome-shell 3.20.4 on openSUSE Tumbleweed x86_64 ( kernel 4.7.2 ) , NVidia proprietary drivers 367.35 and a GTX 750 Ti. When selected gdm as the display manager, gnome shell segfaults before even displaying the login screen. I get a frozen screen instead, but can switch back to the console. Some information for the coredump: (gdb) bt #0 center_pointer (backend=0x1f068d0) at backends/meta-backend.c:113 #1 0x00007f2260a87195 in meta_backend_x11_post_init (backend=0x1f068d0) at backends/x11/meta-backend-x11.c:499 #2 0x00007f2260aae6ae in meta_init () at core/main.c:458 #3 0x0000000000402122 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at main.c:437 (gdb) frame #0 center_pointer (backend=0x1f068d0) at backends/meta-backend.c:113 113 in backends/meta-backend.c (gdb) info locals monitors = 0x0 primary = 0x0 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Robert Munteanu
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--- Comment #3 from Robert Munteanu
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Stefan Dirsch
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Robert Munteanu
Ok. PLease try with latest NVIDIA driver version (RPMs just landed on NVIDIA's server) and provide the result when running nvidia-bug-report.sh.
I'm not sure I can use the RPMs you mentioned - I'm running TW and build my own using osc based on the X11:Drivers:Video project. After a fresh install of 367.44 I did the following: - changed DISPLAYMANAGER in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager to "gdm" - restarted ( which results in the GDM "oops" screen ) - restarted displaymanager - which resulted in a blank frozen screen - ran nvidia-bug-report.sh ( result attached ) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #17 from Robert Munteanu
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