#1151511 gnome-shell: missing dependency on gweather-locations

Package:
gnome-shell
Source:
gnome-shell
Description:
graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
Submitter:
Daniel Dehennin
Date:
2026-10-21 07:47:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1151511#5
Date:
2026-10-21 06:58:08 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

After the upgrade from 50.5-1 to 51.0-3, gdm3 does not start.

In the logs, I have

    oct. 21 08:26:28 skoll gdm3[5783]: Gdm: GdmDisplay: Session never registered, failing
    oct. 21 08:26:28 skoll gdm3[5783]: Gdm: Child process -5841 was already dead.

Looking around gdm logs, I got:

    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: Failed to open database /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gweather-locations/Locations.bin: L’ouverture du fichier « /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gweather-locations/Locations.bin » a échoué : échec de open() : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: **
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: GWeather:ERROR:../libgweather/gweather-location.c:207:location_ref_for_idx: assertion failed: (db)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: Bail out! GWeather:ERROR:../libgweather/gweather-location.c:207:location_ref_for_idx: assertion failed: (db)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: == Stack trace for context 0x56315fc24c40 ==
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #0   56315fd1e068 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:393 (3404223c8920 @ 85)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #1   56315fd1df98 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:368 (3404223c8830 @ 491)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #2   56315fd1def8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:332 (3404223c8b50 @ 27)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #3   56315fd1de00 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:954 (3404223cf5b0 @ 1431)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #4   56315fd1dd60 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panelMenu.js:10 (340422384560 @ 27)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #5   56315fd1dcc0 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panelMenu.js:95 (340422384880 @ 27)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #6   56315fd1dc20 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:861 (3404223cf7e0 @ 27)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #7   56315fd1db78 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:692 (3404223a0470 @ 106)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #8   56315fd1dab0 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:703 (3404223a04c0 @ 109)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #9   56315fd1da10 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:656 (3404223a03d0 @ 114)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #10   56315fd1d968 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:508 (34042239cec0 @ 778)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #11   56315fd1d8c8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:445 (3404223a0740 @ 27)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #12   56315fd1d810 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:251 (3a64a11ff3d0 @ 964)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #13   56315fd1d768 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:182 (3a64a11ff240 @ 379)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #14   56315fd1d6e8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/init.js:12 (3a64a118d970 @ 10)
    oct. 21 08:24:27 skoll gnome-shell[3747]: #15   56315fd1d658 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/init.js:20 (3a64a118d8d0 @ 48)

I installed the gweather-locations manually and it's working.
#1151511#10
Date:
2026-10-21 07:43:25 UTC
From:
To:
This is a duplicate of https://bugs.debian.org/1151506

You can fix your issue immediately by installing gweather-locations

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha