-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 05/05/2015 12:28 PM, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 05:54:53PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Am 05.05.2015 um 17:13 schrieb Thomas H. George: >>> Entered /etc/init.d/gdm3 start from a root console. Response was to >>> check systemctl status gdm.service and journalctl -xn. A script of the >>> output of these entries: >>> >>> >>> Script started on Tue 05 May 2015 10:58:05 AM EDT >>> [01;35mZebra:~# [00msystemctl status gdm.service >>> [1;31m●[0m gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager >>> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled) >>> Active: [1;31mfailed[0m (Result: start-limit) since Tue 2015-05-05 >>> 10:57:11 EDT; 1min 28s ago >>> Process: 1920 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat >>> /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/gdm3" ] >>> [1;31m(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)[0m >> >> [..] >> >>> How do I correct this problem? >> >> >> What does /etc/X11/default-display-manager say? >> dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 and selecting gdm3 as default display manager >> should fix the problem. > > No luck. This did restore the login screen but as soon as I logged the > screen went blank and the no vga signal found.
Here's a complete shot in the dark. It worked for me on a display issue today (lightdm, visible cursor, blank everything else). Is this jessie? Is consolekit installed? If ~$ aptitude why consolekit suggests it's redundant to libpam-systemd, remove it, then: # service gdm3 start Good luck! Ralph -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVSqzQAAoJECe2FpioHXO63h0H/3NiSTY0r+dZYjge9+cS7gfQ n0wZgK8RZqRePdSLfRT41FoVsnxzs7RgS2O8CJD9trGzLLH+P2OIVGXGo6pRJfJA dfbwxYB0cBNB8xqFYBbsOyOir2e5Qw+1VFcptXC/hgRE31jm2NdBHmOw/HyVoPO2 lX0B9jGlT75ORz+hS4ToEUWJlJcakNUAlKtkaRe+K6noYztiwia/B5T10U8gIhBq CSY1P9FWcSmD5zOLITcnjsQSMf1hDRFri7+cZw+vFNuiWsAUXn0M47RMb1Dro2Iw VVLiGxVhGrHxmWdozpGUbZiZ1n6A7TTVJlDiy3PS1GZrtqHWZtIMbBxYUC23xas= =X7Tu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/554aace5.7020...@rcn.com