I just realized I didn't post my reply to the list. -Tom
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Tom Browder* <tom.brow...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Subject: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first reboot, cannot recover graphical login To: arian <deb...@semioptimal.net> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:26 PM, arian <deb...@semioptimal.net <javascript:;>> wrote: > please retrieve the actual logs from > # journalctl -u lightdm Output of "journalctl -u lightdm" follows: # journalctl -u lightdm -- Logs begin at Tue 2016-04-05 16:50:35 CDT, end at Tue 2016-04-05 17:51:15 CDT. -- Apr 05 16:50:46 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 05 16:50:46 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state. Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state. Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state. Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state. Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state. Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start. Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Light Display Manager. Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state Thanks, arian. Best, -Tom
