Package: gdm3 Version: 3.14.0-1 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer,
I have kdm as default display manager. Systemd starts gdm.service, which contains an ExecStartPre assertion default=gdm that fails giving a failure log and a failure status. I do not know if this is a bug or a feature, nor if I should report this to kdm, but in my mind having a programmatic failure in a normal situation should not be normal... Thanks for your time ric # cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager /usr/bin/kdm # systemctl status gdm.service ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static) Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Thu 2014-10-30 09:19:36 CET; 10h ago Process: 1145 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/gdm3" ] (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Oct 30 09:19:35 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Oct 30 09:19:35 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Oct 30 09:19:36 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: gdm.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start. Oct 30 09:19:36 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Oct 30 09:19:36 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended. # systemctl status kdm.service ● kdm.service - LSB: X display manager for KDE Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/kdm) Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/kdm.service.d └─50-kdm-$x-display-manager.conf Active: active (running) since Thu 2014-10-30 09:19:31 CET; 10h ago Process: 1039 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/kdm start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/kdm.service ├─1057 /usr/bin/kdm -config /var/run/kdm/kdmrc └─1062 /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -br -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-mwU3Gb Oct 30 09:19:31 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm[1039]: Starting K Display Manager: kdm. Oct 30 09:19:36 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm_greet[1072]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No ...tory Oct 30 09:19:49 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm[1070]: :0[1070]: pam_unix(kdm:session): session opened for user guida by (uid=0) Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gdm3 depends on: ii accountsservice 0.6.37-3+b1 ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii dconf-cli 0.22.0-1 ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.22.0-1 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.53 ii gir1.2-gdm3 3.14.0-1 ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.14.0-2 ii gnome-session-bin 3.14.0-2 ii gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager] 3.8.1-4 ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.14.0-2 ii gnome-shell 3.14.0-1 ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.14.0-1 ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.14.0-1 ii kde-window-manager [x-window-manager] 4:4.11.12-2+b1 ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.14.1-1 ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.37-3+b1 ii libaudit1 1:2.4-1 ii libc6 2.19-11 ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-2.1 ii libcanberra0 0.30-2.1 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.1-2+b1 ii libgdm1 3.14.0-1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.42.0-2 ii libglib2.0-bin 2.42.0-2 ii libgtk-3-0 3.14.3-1 ii libpam-modules 1.1.8-3.1 ii libpam-runtime 1.1.8-3.1 ii libpam-systemd 215-5+b1 ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.1 ii librsvg2-common 2.40.5-1 ii libselinux1 2.3-2 ii libsystemd0 215-5+b1 ii libwrap0 7.6.q-25 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3 ii libxau6 1:1.0.8-1 ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.1-1 ii libxrandr2 2:1.4.2-1 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13 ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:3.12.0-2 ii policykit-1 0.105-7 ii ucf 3.0030 ii x11-common 1:7.7+7 ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+3 ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 312-1 Versions of packages gdm3 recommends: ii at-spi2-core 2.14.0-1 ii desktop-base 7.0.3 ii gnome-icon-theme 3.12.0-1 ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.12.0-1 ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7+1 ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.16.1-1 ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+7 ii zenity 3.14.0-1 Versions of packages gdm3 suggests: ii gnome-orca 3.14.0-1 ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.14.0-1+b1 -- debconf information: gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3 * shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org