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--- Begin Message ---Package: gdm3 Version: 3.14.1-3 Package: kdm Version: 4:4.11.13-2 I have both GNOME and KDE desktops installed. My system was/is set to startup with the kdm login screen. After upgrading from Debian Stable(Wheezy) to Debian Testing(Jessie)*, There are several 'starting GNOME Display Manager' errors shown. During login I see at around 4 times: starting GNOME Display Manager... [FAILED] failed to start GNOME Display Manager. See 'systemctl status gdm.service' for details. [DEPEND] Dependency failed for X11 Display Manager. Then the KDE login display shows up fine, and I can log in. *via /etc/apt/sources.list by changing 'Stable'/'Wheezy' to 'Jessie', `sudo apt-get update`, `sudo apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade`, `sudo apt-get dist-upgrade`, ... --- `systemctl status gdm.service` ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static) Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/gdm3.service.d └─50-gdm3-$x-display-manager.conf Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Mon 2014-12-01 22:26:41 EST; 42min ago `systemctl status kdm.service` ● kdm.service - LSB: X display manager for KDE Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/kdm) Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/kdm.service.d └─50-kdm-$x-display-manager.conf Active: active (running) since Mon 2014-12-01 22:26:52 EST; 44min ago CGroup: /system.slice/kdm.service ├─1684 /usr/bin/kdm └─1691 /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -br -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-8CJLmb --- `sudo updatedb` `locate kdm.service` /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.kde.kcontrol.kcmkdm.service `locate gdm3.service` /lib/systemd/system/gdm3.service --- `uname -a` Linux bryan-laptop 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-2 (2014-11-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux --- gdm3 to gdm3 --- `sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3` Job for gdm.service failed. See 'systemctl status gdm.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed. `sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm` insserv: warning: script 'lprng' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'cupsys' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'lpd' missing LSB tags and overrides --- kdm to kdm --- `sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3` WARNING: /lib/systemd/system/kdm.service is the selected default display manager but does not exist Job for gdm.service failed. See 'systemctl status gdm.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed. `sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm` insserv: warning: script 'lprng' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'cupsys' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'lpd' missing LSB tags and overrides --- Switching logins with `sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3` --- kdm to gdm3 `sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3` Job for gdm.service failed. See 'systemctl status gdm.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed. gdm3 to kdm `sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3` Please be sure to run "dpkg --configure kdm". WARNING: /lib/systemd/system/kdm.service is the selected default display manager but does not exist Job for gdm.service failed. See 'systemctl status gdm.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed. --- Switching logins with `sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm` --- kdm to gdm3 `sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm` insserv: warning: script 'lprng' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'cupsys' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'lpd' missing LSB tags and overrides gdm3 to kdm `sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm` insserv: warning: script 'lprng' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'cupsys' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'lpd' missing LSB tags and overrides --- `journalctl -xn` No journal files were found. --- `sudo dpkg-reconfigure desktop-base` ... Job for gdm.service failed. See 'systemctl status gdm.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed.
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--- Begin Message ---There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug. Thank you, Jeremy Bícha
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