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Thomas @thomas

GDM froze on login screen and does not react on any keystrokes. Linux, you suck. You suck so hard. This is not the first time this has happened.

I'd expect that from windows because it sucks even more. But you Linux, you disappoint me.

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Sully @sullybiker@sully.site
@thomas I've seen that a couple of times. I can't remember what I thought the issue was; are you on wifi by any chance? I seem to remember it being related to the state of the network adapter. 
Thomas @thomas

@sullybiker hmm may be. In the last couple of days my network adapter has disappeared after standby. Maybe this is related.

Now that my system does not respond, do you know know any trick to get a working command line? I've tried Ctrl ALT F1-7 but nothing works. Hard reset via power button always hurts... ;)

Sully @sullybiker@sully.site
@thomas I think on Fedora it was ctrl-alt-F6, I also needed the function key on my laptop, but when this happened sometimes waiting a minute worked. Basically my Wifi adapter firmware would crash out and I'd need to reboot anyway.

Because of the weird coupling with dbus/logind/systemd this would cause all sorts of drama. It's frustrating, but doesn't seem to have been a problem the last couple of months.
Sully @sullybiker@sully.site
@thomas ...But yes, not good enough. It's supposed to be a flagship DE.
Thomas @thomas

@sullybiker Yes, this is what upsets me. Of course mistakes happen and code is never free of errors. But it must under no circumstances ever happen that a Linux system does not respond anymore at all. :-/ Especially not with a widespread DE like Gnome :S

rugk @rugk@social.wiuwiu.de

@thomas @sullybiker I have discovered that it sometimes works anyway if you wait really long!

But yeah, it happens to me, too.

Reported at gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/iss I think.

Also bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.c is broken, but that's "just" a crash that happens while logging in or so. (could also be unrelated to that or I confuse it)

rugk @rugk@social.wiuwiu.de

@thomas @sullybiker Also I tried not to do things too fast when logging in (i.e. not starting typing right away) and I had the _feeling_ this often prevented this issue.

Very awkward, however.

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