Re: [gdm-list] gdm-list Digest, Vol 105, Issue 1

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>    1.  gdm crash with recent update (debian jessie) (Johannes K?hler)
>    2. Re:  gdm crash with recent update (debian jessie) (Ray Strode)
>    3. Re:  gdm-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 4
>       (John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell)
>    4. Re:  gdm-list Digest, Vol 104, Issue 1
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> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:58:37 +0200
> From: Johannes K?hler <Johannes Koehler web de>
> To: gdm-list gnome org
> Subject: [gdm-list] gdm crash with recent update (debian jessie)
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> Hello list,
>
> hopefully i am right here to write a bug report? 
>
> (also have a question to gnome desktop with gdm (2) )
>
> Using debian in testing; xorg 7.7; xserver 1.16; after last
> update with xserver and gdm my xwindow crashes when doing the
> following:
>
> 1. Mouse on the upper left corner to go in "overview mode"
> 2. Trying to move a application window into a new virtual window
> (right side)
>
> The errors appears since gdm using this nice circles on the right
> side to switch between application browser windows
>
> The following log appears:
>
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: Fensterverwalter-Warnung:Log
> level 6: The program 'gnome-shell' received an X Window System error.
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: This probably reflects a bug
> in the program.
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: The error was 'BadCursor
> (invalid Cursor parameter)'.
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: (Details: serial 38018
> error_code 6 request_code 95 (core protocol) minor_code 0)
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: (Note to programmers:
> normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: that is, you will receive the
> error a while after causing it.
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: To debug your program, run it
> with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: variable to change this
> behavior. You can then get a meaningful
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: backtrace from your debugger
> if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
> Jul 25 19:15:34 ionno gnome-session[1579]: x-session-manager[1579]:
> WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
>
>
> (2) My question is also the following: I have installed gdm. Now 
> debian package manager shows me that gnome as well as gnome-core 
> is _not_ installed? Is it part of gdm also? (because i use gnome
> desktop).
>
>
> Regards
> jko

ok that's a debian question.  gnome has many "debian packages" their 
is a gnome-common (or gnome) package that installs them all. 
gnome-session (probably a pkg) and gdm are two of these.  i'm unsure 
if gnome3 was split up as much as gnome people really classically 
didn't like it when packages prevented gnome from installing fully.

So. you may want to start over - no gnome files anywhere in /etc/ or 
/usr/ (you may need a complete re-install)

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NOW the cursor question may be related to your 1/2 install 
situation.  or could be a bug.

if not check /etc/X11/xorg.conf  (or if you don't have one, one is 
made fresh everytime you start X)

it allows a parameter for you video card for using hardware or 
software cursor

yet another.  your situation is not fully known.  i don't know if 
you have ability to go to other virtual desktops using key strokes 
instead of mouse.  that's kinda important to know.  for all i know 
their is no support for virtual desktop due to the way X was started 
and gnome simply closes on the first error of what would be many 
more (trying to access something that isn't there).

"bad cursor parameter" may mean incompatibility wrong arg (mixed up 
binaries/libs) but i doubt it - debian is pretty fool proof as to 
that.  and don't forget if you've had disk errors or download errors 
maybe the gnome image lost a bit: again in debain that's usually no 
longer an issue, it's checked for somewhat.  "bad cursor" just as 
easily means "who darn thing is goofed, first error i see is no cursor"

well hope that helps and moves things further along good luck !