<div dir="ltr">There is such an error in the log <div><br></div><div><div>(gnome-settings-daemon:3566): media-keys-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to connect to systemd: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.login1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1</div>
</div><div>.</div><div>My attempt to switch to systemd have ended first in a kernel panic,</div><div>then in a freeze during boot (investigating).</div><div><br></div><div>Yet, as far as I understand, Debian is not committed to systemd (which does not support BSD).</div>
<div>If true, this gnome dependency to systemd should be viewed as a problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Carlo.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/9/12 Hashem Nasarat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hnasarat@gmail.com" target="_blank">hnasarat@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Check ~/.cache/gdm/session.log for errors. I believe some part of GNOME<br>
now tries to make calls to something in systemd. I had this problem, and<br>
switching to systemd enabled everything to work fine.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On 09/11/2013 06:20 PM, Carlo Marchiori wrote:<br>
> Package: gnome-shell<br>
> Version: 3.8.4-1<br>
> Severity: normal<br>
><br>
> Dear Maintainer,<br>
><br>
> since I installed gnome 3.8 (from experimental on my debian jessie/testing)<br>
> brightness function keys don't work anymore. I've tried with or without kernel<br>
> parameter acpi=vendor, with or without the Backlight option in xorg.conf, but<br>
> it doesn't work.<br>
><br>
> In the meantime I have also switched to kernel 3.10. Previously function keys<br>
> worked normally.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for you attention.<br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Carlo.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> -- System Information:<br>
> Debian Release: jessie/sid<br>
> APT prefers testing<br>
> APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')<br>
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)<br>
> Foreign Architectures: i386<br>
><br>
> Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)<br>
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)<br>
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash<br>
><br>
> Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:<br>
> ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.16.1-1<br>
> ii evolution-data-server 3.8.5-1<br>
> ii gdm3 3.8.4-1<br>
> ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.34-1<br>
> ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.12-1<br>
> ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.14.4-3<br>
> ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.36.0-2+b1<br>
> ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.8.2-4<br>
> ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.6.0-1<br>
> ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.36.0-2+b1<br>
> ii gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 3.8.0-2<br>
> ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.8.1-2<br>
> ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 3.8.4-1<br>
> ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.8.4-1<br>
> ii gir1.2-ibus-1.0 1.5.3-5<br>
> ii gir1.2-mutter-3.0 3.8.3-1<br>
> ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.8.0-5<br>
> ii gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0 0.9.8.2-1+b1<br>
> ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.32.5-5+b1<br>
> ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-3<br>
> ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.42.2-6<br>
> ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.20.4-1<br>
> ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.8.0-2<br>
> ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.9.21-3<br>
> ii gjs 1.36.1-2<br>
> ii gnome-bluetooth 3.8.1-2<br>
> ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.8.2.2-2<br>
> ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-1<br>
> ii gnome-shell-common 3.8.4-1<br>
> ii gnome-themes-standard 3.8.3-1<br>
> ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.8.0-1<br>
> ii libatk-bridge2.0-0 2.9.5-1<br>
> ii libatk1.0-0 2.8.0-2<br>
> ii libc6 2.17-92+b1<br>
> ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.14-4<br>
> ii libcairo2 1.12.14-4<br>
> ii libcamel-1.2-43 3.8.5-1<br>
> ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-2<br>
> ii libcanberra0 0.30-2<br>
> ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.14.4-3<br>
> ii libcogl-pango12 1.14.0-3<br>
> ii libcogl12 1.14.0-3<br>
> ii libcroco3 0.6.8-2<br>
> ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.12-1<br>
> ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.100.2-1<br>
> ii libecal-1.2-15 3.8.5-1<br>
> ii libedataserver-1.2-17 3.8.5-1<br>
> ii libegl1-mesa [libegl1-x11] 9.1.6-2<br>
> ii libgck-1-0 3.8.2-4<br>
> ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.8.2-4<br>
> ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.28.2-1<br>
> ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.36.0-2+b1<br>
> ii libgjs0c [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0] 1.36.1-2<br>
> ii libglib2.0-0 2.36.4-1<br>
> ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.8.0-2<br>
> ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.0.10-1<br>
> ii libgtk-3-0 3.8.4-1<br>
> ii libical0 0.48-2<br>
> ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 0.16.0-1<br>
> ii libmozjs185-1.0 1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4+b1<br>
> ii libmutter0b 3.8.3-1<br>
> ii libnm-glib4 0.9.8.0-5<br>
> ii libnm-gtk0 0.9.8.2-1+b1<br>
> ii libnm-util2 0.9.8.0-5<br>
> ii libnspr4 2:4.10-1<br>
> ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.10-1<br>
> ii libnss3 2:3.15.1-1<br>
> ii libnss3-1d 2:3.15.1-1<br>
> ii libp11-kit0 0.18.4-1<br>
> ii libpango-1.0-0 1.32.5-5+b1<br>
> ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.32.5-5+b1<br>
> ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-3<br>
> ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-3<br>
> ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 4.0-6<br>
> ii libpulse0 4.0-6<br>
> ii libsecret-1-0 0.15-2<br>
> ii libsoup2.4-1 2.42.2-6<br>
> ii libsqlite3-0 3.8.0.2-1<br>
> ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-3<br>
> ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.20.4-1<br>
> ii libx11-6 2:1.6.1-1<br>
> ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.4-1<br>
> ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.4-1<br>
> ii libxext6 2:1.3.2-1<br>
> ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.1-1<br>
> ii libxi6 2:1.7.2-1<br>
> ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3<br>
> ii libxrandr2 2:1.4.1-1<br>
> ii python 2.7.5-4<br>
> ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.14.1-2<br>
><br>
> Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:<br>
> ii gkbd-capplet 3.6.0-1<br>
> pn gnome-contacts <none><br>
> ii gnome-control-center 1:3.8.3-2<br>
> ii gnome-user-guide 3.8.2-1<br>
> ii unzip 6.0-9<br>
><br>
> gnome-shell suggests no packages.<br>
><br>
> -- no debconf information<br>
><br>
<br>
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