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title: "💭 Bug #2006590 “gdm3 crashes with SIGTRAP on startup” : Bugs : g..."
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date: 2024-05-02
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      <img src="/@@/launchpad-og-image.png" alt="Bug #2006590 “gdm3 crashes with SIGTRAP on startup” : Bugs : gdm3 package : Ubuntu — Suddenly this week, my GUI (ubuntu 22.10) does not open, stuck on the console text.
I tried to free some space (by uninstall a app), then to check/update the paquets (dkpg).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-29.30-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.gpu0: Error: path was not a regular file.
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      <div class="embed-card-title">Bug #2006590 “gdm3 crashes with SIGTRAP on startup” : Bugs : gdm3 package : Ubuntu</div>
      <div class="embed-card-description">Suddenly this week, my GUI (ubuntu 22.10) does not open, stuck on the console text.
I tried to free some space (by uninstall a app), then to check/update the paquets (dkpg).

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This Thread saved my son's ubuntu 24.04 install.
His was failing to start with the following error.

``` bash
Gdm: GdmSession: no session desktop files installed, aborting...
```

https://twitter.com/_WaylonWalker/status/1785825677079441482


``` bash
sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-session
```

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