Bug#650183: gdm3: Continuously starts X servers, uses too much CPU time and RAM

[Arthur Magill]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.0.4-4
Followup-For: Bug #650183

Dear Maintainer,

I have the same problem. After running an 'apt-get dist-upgrade', with nothing
that looked too significant, I have the same bug. According to
/var/log/Xorg.*.log, X reached 390 connections before giving up. I have
switched to XFCE and lightdm to regain access to my system. Maybe related, even
via lightdm I am still unable to start a Gnome3 session. I have tried purging
GDM3 and reinstalling, to no effect. I also tried restarting gdm and rebooting,
both producing no change.

I don't even know how to investigate further - any suggestions?

Thanks!

  Arthur




-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                             0.6.15-4
ii  adduser                                     3.113+nmu1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                     0.10.0-3
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                       1.5.42
ii  e17 [x-window-manager]                      0.16.999.55225-1
ii  gconf2                                      3.2.3-4
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]           3.2.1-1
ii  gnome-session-bin                           3.2.1-1
ii  gnome-session-fallback [x-session-manager]  3.2.1-1
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]        3.2.1-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                   3.2.0-2
ii  kde-window-manager [x-window-manager]       4:4.7.4-2
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emulator]               4:4.7.4-2
ii  libaccountsservice0                         0.6.15-4
ii  libatk1.0-0                                 2.2.0-2
ii  libattr1                                    1:2.4.46-5
ii  libaudit0                                   1:1.7.18-1.1
ii  libc6                                       2.13-27
ii  libcairo-gobject2                           1.10.2-7
ii  libcairo2                                   1.10.2-7
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                          0.28-3
ii  libcanberra0                                0.28-3
ii  libdbus-1-3                                 1.4.18-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                            0.98-1
ii  libfontconfig1                              2.8.0-3.1
ii  libfreetype6                                2.4.8-1
ii  libgconf2-4                                 3.2.3-4
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                          2.24.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                                2.30.2-6
ii  libglib2.0-bin                              2.30.2-6
ii  libgtk-3-0                                  3.2.3-1
ii  libpam-modules                              1.1.3-7
ii  libpam-runtime                              1.1.3-7
ii  libpam0g                                    1.1.3-7
ii  libpango1.0-0                               1.29.4-3+b1
ii  librsvg2-common                             2.34.2-3
ii  libselinux1                                 2.1.9-2
ii  libupower-glib1                             0.9.15-2
ii  libwrap0                                    7.6.q-23
ii  libx11-6                                    2:1.4.4-4
ii  libxau6                                     1:1.0.6-4
ii  libxdmcp6                                   1:1.1.0-4
ii  libxklavier16                               5.2.1-1
ii  libxrandr2                                  2:1.3.2-2
ii  lsb-base                                    3.2+Debian31
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]                 1:2.34.1-2
ii  policykit-1-gnome                           0.105-2
ii  twm [x-window-manager]                      1:1.0.6-1
ii  upower                                      0.9.15-2
ii  xfce4-session [x-session-manager]           4.8.3-2
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]        0.4.8-1+b1
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manager]                    4.8.3-1
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]                 276-2

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi                 1.32.0-1
ii  desktop-base           6.0.7
ii  gnome-icon-theme       3.2.1.2-1
ii  gnome-power-manager    3.2.1-2
ii  gnome-settings-daemon  3.2.2-3
ii  x11-xkb-utils          7.6+4
ii  xserver-xephyr         2:1.11.4-1
ii  xserver-xorg           1:7.6+12
ii  zenity                 3.2.0-1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-mag             1:0.16.3-1
ii  gnome-orca            2.30.2-2
ii  gok                   2.30.0-1
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.2.2-2
ii  metacity              1:2.34.1-2

-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: lightdm
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3