0003096: gdm3 crashes after disconnecting from second monitor via hdmi

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003096	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2016-02-26 00:12	2025-07-14 09:38

Reporter	esser420	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2016.1

Summary	0003096: gdm3 crashes after disconnecting from second monitor via hdmi
Description	I have an acer laptop, I usually connect to my TV via HDMI without any problems but since the new update, once I disconnect the hdmi cable (after being connected) the GUI simply crashes and the text interface appears. I can only restart gdm3 but that kills all running applications.
Steps To Reproduce	Connect laptop to TV via hdmi disconnect it later gdm3 crashes textual interface appears
Additional Information	this happened just after this last update

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-02-26 00:12	esser420	New Issue
2016-02-26 11:20	rhertzog	Note Added: 0004768
2016-02-26 11:20	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2016-02-26 11:20	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2016-02-26 11:20	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix
2025-07-14 09:38	g0tmi1k	Severity	crash => minor

rhertzog 2016-02-26 11:20 administrator ~0004768	Please try again with Linux 4.4 uploaded recently to kali-rolling. Also it seems unlikely that this is an issue that we will invest time into. You should consider reporting this bug to the appropriate upstream project. You might get some assistance on forums.kali.org to better identify the problem first (look a dmesg, journal, etc.)