Package: gdm3 Version: 3.14.1-3 Followup-For: Bug #771762 Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation? Trying to run GDM3 at startup or with service gdm3 restart * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? service kdm stop; dpkg-reconfigure gdm3; service gdm3 start * What was the outcome of this action? GDM3 does not work in Debian/testing * What outcome did you expect instead? Running and working GDM3 currently in Debian/testing GDM3 is broken for me. It seems it tries to spawn a Xorg instance but fails with that. I'll give the system logs below: adrian@g6 (~) % systemctl status gdm3.service ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static) Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/gdm3.service.d └─50-gdm3-$x-display-manager.conf Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Sat 2015-01-10 11:38:47 CET; 6min ago Process: 7364 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display- manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/gdm3" ] (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled) Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/gdm3.service.d └─50-gdm3-$x-display-manager.conf Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Sat 2015-01-10 03:59:03 CET; 7h ago Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start. Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 10:58:07 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive. Jan 10 10:58:57 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive. -- Logs begin at Sat 2015-01-10 03:55:50 CET, end at Sat 2015-01-10 10:52:21 CET. -- Jan 10 03:56:55 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:55 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:56:55 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:56:55 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:56:55 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:56 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:56:56 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:56 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:56 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:56:56 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:56:56 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:56:56 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:57 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:56:57 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:57 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:57 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:56:57 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:56:57 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:56:57 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:58 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:56:58 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:58 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:58 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:56:58 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:56:58 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:56:58 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:59 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:56:59 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:59 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:56:59 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:57:00 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:57:00 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:57:00 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:57:01 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:57:01 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:57:01 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:57:01 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start. Jan 10 03:57:01 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:57:01 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:58:57 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:58:57 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:58:57 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:58:57 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:58:58 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:58:58 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:58:58 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:58:58 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:58:58 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:58:58 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:58:58 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:00 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:59:00 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:00 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:00 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:59:00 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:59:00 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:59:00 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:01 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:59:01 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:01 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:01 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:59:01 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:59:01 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:59:01 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Jan 10 03:59:02 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager... Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: gdm.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start. Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager. Jan 10 03:59:03 g6 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state. Thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Adrian Immanuel KIEß -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages gdm3 depends on: ii accountsservice 0.6.37-3+b1 ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii aterm [x-terminal-emulator] 1.0.1-8+b2 ii blackbox [x-window-manager] 0.70.1-23 ii dconf-cli 0.22.0-1 ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.22.0-1 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.55 ii e17 [x-window-manager] 0.17.6-1 ii eterm [x-terminal-emulator] 0.9.6-1 ii fluxbox [x-window-manager] 1.3.5-2 ii gir1.2-gdm3 3.14.1-3 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] 3.8.1-7 ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.14.2-2 ii gnome-shell 3.14.2-3+b1 ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.14.1-1 ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.14.1-1 ii kde-window-manager [x-window-manager] 4:4.11.13-2 ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.14.2-1 ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.37-3+b1 ii libaudit1 1:2.4-1+b1 ii libc6 2.19-13 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 3.14.1-3 ii libglib2.0-0 2.42.1-1 ii libglib2.0-bin 2.42.1-1 ii libgtk-3-0 3.14.5-1 ii libpam-modules 1.1.8-3.1 ii libpam-runtime 1.1.8-3.1 ii libpam-systemd 215-8 ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.1 ii librsvg2-common 2.40.5-1 ii libselinux1 2.3-2 ii libsystemd0 215-8 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+b1 ii libxrandr2 2:1.4.2-1+b1 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1 ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:3.14.3-1 ii mrxvt [x-terminal-emulator] 0.5.4-1.1+b2 ii mutter [x-window-manager] 3.14.2-1 ii policykit-1 0.105-8 ii rxvt [x-terminal-emulator] 1:2.7.10-6 ii terminology [x-terminal-emulator] 0.7.0-1 ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.8-1 ii ucf 3.0030 ii x11-common 1:7.7+7 ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+3+b1 ii xfce4-session [x-session-manager] 4.10.1-9 ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.6.3-1+b1 ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.10.1-3 ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 312-1 Versions of packages gdm3 recommends: ii at-spi2-core 2.14.0-1 ii desktop-base 8.0.2 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 2:1.16.2.901-1 ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+7 ii zenity 3.14.0-1 Versions of packages gdm3 suggests: ii gnome-orca 3.14.0-2 ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.14.0-1+b1 -- debconf information: gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3 * shared/default-x-display-manager: xdm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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