I just found that further calls to $ sudo systemctl restart gdm Seem to alternate between good/bad state.
Here is the log of one such bad restarts: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Dx7Sk3wDyx/ OTOH, the service could just in general not be restarable - so take this with a grain of salt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790478 Title: gdm3 in cosmic fails to start fully in autopkgtest To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1790478/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs