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"Error starting GDM with your graphics card" breaks test suite

Note: I have no indication that this issue only affects the test suite.

Relevant snippet from the journal of failing test run 1.:

Mar 20 18:35:31 amnesia kernel: [pango] FcInit[5976]: segfault at 5566cf4b15ac ip 000074829806214d sp 0000748272b79090 error 4 in libc.so.6[748298049000+155000] likely on CPU 0 (core 0, socket 0)
Mar 20 18:35:31 amnesia kernel: Code: fe ff 49 83 c5 02 45 0f b7 65 fe 49 89 c6 4c 8d 78 fe 48 85 db 75 13 eb d2 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 5d 08 48 83 c5 08 48 85 db 74 c1 <66> 44 3b 23 75 ed 48 8d 7b 02 4c 89 fa 4c 89 ee e8 ae 70 fe ff 85
Mar 20 18:35:31 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5915]: Unrecoverable failure in required component gdm-shell-tails.desktop

Relevant snippet from the journal of failing test run 2.:

Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gnome-shell[5764]: ATK Bridge is disabled but a11y has already been enabled.
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia kernel: pool-gnome-shel[6013]: segfault at 5f4b5abe74d4 ip 000071579ee6714d sp 00007157753d6470 error 4 in libc.so.6[71579ee4e000+155000] likely on CPU 0 (core 0, socket 0)
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia kernel: Code: fe ff 49 83 c5 02 45 0f b7 65 fe 49 89 c6 4c 8d 78 fe 48 85 db 75 13 eb d2 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 5d 08 48 83 c5 08 48 85 db 74 c1 <66> 44 3b 23 75 ed 48 8d 7b 02 4c 89 fa 4c 89 ee e8 ae 70 fe ff 85
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gsd-wacom[5870]: Error reading events from display: Connection reset by peer
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gdm-shell-tails.desktop[5814]: (EE) failed to read Wayland events: Connection reset by peer
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gsd-color[5864]: Error reading events from display: Connection reset by peer
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gsd-keyboard[5865]: Lost connection to Wayland compositor.
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gsd-media-keys[5874]: Error reading events from display: Connection reset by peer
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gnome-session[5753]: gnome-session-binary[5753]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' exited with code 1
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5753]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' exited with code 1
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gnome-session[5753]: gnome-session-binary[5753]: WARNING: Application 'gdm-shell-tails.desktop' killed by signal 11
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5753]: WARNING: Application 'gdm-shell-tails.desktop' killed by signal 11
Mar 23 20:41:25 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5753]: Unrecoverable failure in required component gdm-shell-tails.desktop

Relevant snippet from the journal of failing test run 3.:

Apr 09 19:59:38 amnesia gnome-shell[5353]: Error looking up permission: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for geolocation
Apr 09 19:59:38 amnesia kernel: traps: pool-gnome-shel[5549] general protection fault ip:7a6d255c314d sp:7a6d1e6f9420 error:0 in libc.so.6[7a6d255aa000+155000]
Apr 09 19:59:38 amnesia gdm-shell-tails.desktop[5392]: (EE) failed to read Wayland events: Connection reset by peer
Apr 09 19:59:38 amnesia gsd-usb-protect[5445]: Error appending USBGuard rule: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Not authorized.
Apr 09 19:59:38 amnesia gnome-session[5330]: gnome-session-binary[5330]: WARNING: Application 'gdm-shell-tails.desktop' killed by signal 11
Apr 09 19:59:38 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5330]: Unrecoverable failure in required component gdm-shell-tails.desktop
Apr 09 19:59:38 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5330]: WARNING: Application 'gdm-shell-tails.desktop' killed by signal 11

Relevant snippet from the journal of failing test run 4.:

Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia kernel: pool-gnome-shel[5701]: segfault at 180 ip 000078156025514d sp 000078150bffe470 error 4 in libc.so.6[78156023c000+155000] likely on CPU 1 (core 0, socket 1)
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia kernel: Code: fe ff 49 83 c5 02 45 0f b7 65 fe 49 89 c6 4c 8d 78 fe 48 85 db 75 13 eb d2 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 5d 08 48 83 c5 08 48 85 db 74 c1 <66> 44 3b 23 75 ed 48 8d 7b 02 4c 89 fa 4c 89 ee e8 ae 70 fe ff 85
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gsd-media-keys[5593]: Failed to grab accelerator for keybinding settings:hibernate
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gsd-media-keys[5593]: Failed to grab accelerator for keybinding settings:playback-repeat
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gsd-keyboard[5588]: Error reading events from display: Broken pipe
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gdm-shell-tails.desktop[5535]: (EE) failed to read Wayland events: Connection reset by peer
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gsd-wacom[5591]: Error reading events from display: Broken pipe
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gsd-color[5587]: Error reading events from display: Broken pipe
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gsd-media-keys[5593]: Error reading events from display: Broken pipe
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gnome-session[5467]: gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' exited with code 1
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' exited with code 1
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gnome-session[5467]: gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop' exited with code 1
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop' exited with code 1
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gnome-session[5467]: gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Wacom.desktop' exited with code 1
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Wacom.desktop' exited with code 1
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia kernel: gsd-power[5582]: segfault at 0 ip 0000718239524fb3 sp 00007ffde92f7d30 error 4 in libX11.so.6.4.0[7182394fd000+8b000] likely on CPU 1 (core 0, socket 1)
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia kernel: Code: 41 54 55 48 89 d5 53 48 83 ec 58 64 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 48 48 8b 87 30 0a 00 00 48 8b 97 f8 00 00 00 83 e2 01 <48> 8b 30 48 89 34 24 0f 85 39 01 00 00 48 8b b7 a8 00 00 00 48 89
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gsd-power[5582]: invalid cast from 'GdkWaylandDisplay' to 'GdkX11Display'
Jul 27 21:18:55 amnesia gsd-power[5582]: invalid cast from 'GdkWaylandDisplay' to 'GdkX11Display'
Jul 27 21:18:56 amnesia gnome-session[5467]: gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: Application 'gdm-shell-tails.desktop' killed by signal 11
Jul 27 21:18:56 amnesia gnome-session[5467]: gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop' killed by signal 11
Jul 27 21:18:56 amnesia gnome-session[5467]: gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.desktop' exited with code 1
Jul 27 21:18:56 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5467]: Unrecoverable failure in required component gdm-shell-tails.desktop
Jul 27 21:18:56 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: Application 'gdm-shell-tails.desktop' killed by signal 11
Jul 27 21:18:56 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop' killed by signal 11
Jul 27 21:18:56 amnesia gnome-session-binary[5467]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.desktop' exited with code 1

Failing test runs:

  1. https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20276-fix-unexpected-return/1//cucumber-html-reports/report-feature_6_4113196806.html (Screenshot, Journal)
  2. https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20277-extend-apparmor-regex/3//cucumber-html-reports/report-feature_7_295607190.html (screenshot, journal)
  3. https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20328-fix-tps-frontend-error-message/1//cucumber-html-reports/overview-failures.html (screenshot, journal, video, boot.log, debug.log)
  4. https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_15451-support-manual-fsck-on-error/9//cucumber-html-reports/report-feature_1_889993140.html (screenshot, journal, debug.log)
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