Re: 'core-updates' Q4 2019

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> 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.

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Ricardo