Kei Kebreau <kkebr...@posteo.net> writes:
> Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> writes: > >> Kei Kebreau <kkebr...@posteo.net> writes: >> >>> I have news! The good part is that I got 54 packages to build on top of >>> master. The bad part is that when I try to use the resulting packages as >>> my system configuration, my computer gets stuck in tty1, and attempting >>> to switch to Xorg on tty7 leaves my screen frozen though the system is >>> still responsive. >> >> Have you tried removing /var/lib/gdm and the contents of your user >> account’s .local/share/gnome* directories? > > I just did, and now tty7 simply shows a copy of tty1 rather than > irreversibly freezing my screen. What files are in /var/lib/gdm and > $HOME/.local/share/gnome that would have such an effect? ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/application_state is a common problem. It contains some state that different versions of GNOME seem to be choking on. There are some other files like ~/.cache/gnome* that might affect GNOME and prevent starting after upgrades. It’s frustrating. /var/lib/gdm is the home directory of the gdm account, and it too can accumulate state. In my opinion /var/lib/gdm should always be recreated on every boot. -- Ricardo
