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Bug#755359: [kdm] systemd seem to fail to start display-manager.service



On 01/08/2015 10:25 PM, Francesco Muzio wrote:
> I have downloaded the latest weekly build of
> debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso image and I have installed it on a qcow2
> image of 4GB
> 
> I have installed kde-plasma-desktop and kdm.
> I have put the correct kdm.service in the /lib/systemd/system/ directory

Why did you copy the extra kdm.service file into the systemd directory?
This file isn't actually necessary as the systemd generator for the
display-manager unit takes care of that. It creates a unit file
on-the-fly and puts it into /run/systemd/generator/kdm.service.d.

> I have rebooted the system and the result is the same as on my real
> machines. kdm it's not executed.
> If I delete kdm.service file at the next reboot kdm works as expected.

It works for me. I did an absolute clean installation with the netinst
image (beta2). I chose KDE during the desktop installation dialog and
got a working KDE with KDM setup right away, no additional work
necessary.

There is something that you are fundamentally doing wrong. I assume you
do a minimal installation without using tasksel during the installation
and then install the packages manually instead of using meta packages
and apparently some essential package is missing?

> I have run it with this command
> qemu-system-i386 -m 512 -enable-kvm -cpu athlon -hda HDD4GB.qcow2

Thanks, I will look into it when I find the time.

Here is a summary how I installed Debian Jessie and got a working
system:

1. Download Debian Jessie Netinst Beta 2 ISO (amd64)
2. Create a new VMWare Virtual Machine and mount the Netinst ISO
3. Install everything with the defaults
4. At the tasksel selection screen, select "Desktop->KDE" plus
   "SSH server" and "base system"
5. Finish installation and reboot
6. Upon reboot, my system boots right into KDM; no strings attached

So, the only difference I see is that you are using i386 (as opposed
to amd64 here) and you apparently don't use tasksel.

Adrian

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