Re: systemd breaking display manager - no way to force?
2014-11-22 2:53 GMT+01:00 Norbert Preining <preining@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 shipped by lxdm
> which breaks all other dms. Removing and hand adjusting the
> display-manager.service helped.
>
> Still, my question is open:
>
>> > Is there *any* way to *force* systemd to start lightdm ...?
>
> I mean, it seems there is no way to override what systemd believes
> is correct.
You can always drop an override unit into /etc to fix the (wrong)
assumptions made in an unit file.
It's not different compared to editing a sysvinit script to do what you want ;-)
For the "File exists" message, it would indeed be nicer to get a bit
more details there, without having to look into the service file.
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