Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-24 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Agustin Martin dijo [Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:51:53AM +0100]: Is there *any* way to *force* systemd to start lightdm ...? I have a hunch the bug is actually in lxdm (specifically the service file). It should be simple to verify: - purge lxdm (remove might do it as well, but just for

Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-24 Thread Simon McVittie
On 21/11/14 00:45, Norbert Preining wrote: so here we are, after the freeze, and systemd stubbornly rejects to start lightdm, my default display manager, and in turn tries to start lxdm, which does not work because it is not selected as default display manager. (Bug reported to systemd

Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-24 Thread Agustin Martin
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 10:28:20AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Agustin Martin dijo [Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:51:53AM +0100]: Is there *any* way to *force* systemd to start lightdm ...? I have a hunch the bug is actually in lxdm (specifically the service file). It should be simple to

Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Norbert Preining: Is there *any* way to *force* systemd to start lightdm ...? Booting with systemd.unit=lightdm.service should work, at least if its dependencies are set up correctly. (Disclaimer: I didn't test that.) Alternately you can boot with systemd.unit=multi-user.target, log in

Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-21 Thread Agustin Martin
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 07:28:55AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 21 nov 14, 09:45:51, Norbert Preining wrote: Hi everyone, so here we are, after the freeze, and systemd stubbornly rejects to start lightdm, my default display manager, and in turn tries to start lxdm, which does

Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-21 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Andrei, - purge lxdm (remove might do it as well, but just for good measure) - reconfigure lightdm (to make sure display-manager.service symlink points to lightdm.service) Yes, indeed, there is a bug in the service file shipped by lxdm which breaks all other dms. Removing and hand

Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-21 Thread Matthias Klumpp
2014-11-22 2:53 GMT+01:00 Norbert Preining prein...@logic.at: Hi Andrei, - purge lxdm (remove might do it as well, but just for good measure) - reconfigure lightdm (to make sure display-manager.service symlink points to lightdm.service) Yes, indeed, there is a bug in the service file

systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-20 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi everyone, so here we are, after the freeze, and systemd stubbornly rejects to start lightdm, my default display manager, and in turn tries to start lxdm, which does not work because it is not selected as default display manager. (Bug reported to systemd already) Is there *any* way to *force*

Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?

2014-11-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 21 nov 14, 09:45:51, Norbert Preining wrote: Hi everyone, so here we are, after the freeze, and systemd stubbornly rejects to start lightdm, my default display manager, and in turn tries to start lxdm, which does not work because it is not selected as default display manager. (Bug