Notes for setting up QA cycle at DBIC

Base system is ??? running Debian GNU/Linux with NeuroDebian repos on top bookworm.

All activities are running under reprostim user.

We configured automated login for reprostim user into GNOME desktop:

  • uses gdm3

  • configured it to autostart session for reprostim user

At the end of /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf added:

[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=reprostim

  • only Gnome (not Gnome classic of XFCE) somehow manage to not go into “black screen only” mode whenever gdm3 restarts when HDMI is not connected yet, as e.g. during reboot.

  • but in Gnome we get that damn overview instead of desktop! - apt install gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock - went to Extensions configuration, in dash to dock Settings -> Appearance disabled “Show overview on startup”

Under Xorg where we logged into Gnome and ran Settings:

  • disabled power management

  • disabled auto locking of the screen

Now running the following script works!:

reprostim@reproiner:~/proj/repronim/ses-20250529-auto$ cat ./run-repronim-reprostim
#!/bin/bash

cd $(dirname $0)

DISPLAY=:0 singularity exec \
        -B /run/user/$(id -u)/pulse \
        containers/images/repronim/repronim-reprostim-0.7.27.sing \
        reprostim \
        timesync-stimuli --mode event  -t 100000 "$@"

A version of it was adapted into actual deployment.

After reboot GNOME session did not react to me connecting the cable. I did have to restart gdm3 while it was connected so it got idea about display first. So we still have that issue :-/ . But setup should work until the next reboot.