Re: gnome wont start
On Mon, 12/22/14, Joris Bolsens <epicblood@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: gnome wont start
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Monday, December 22, 2014, 9:09 PM
[snip]
$ sudo systemctl status gdm.service
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Mon 2014-12-22 19:06:18
PST; 1min 26s ago
Dec 22 19:06:16 debian systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager.
Dec 22 19:06:16 debian systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state.
Dec 22 19:06:18 debian systemd[1]: gdm.service holdoff time over,
scheduling restart.
Dec 22 19:06:18 debian systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager...
Dec 22 19:06:18 debian systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
Dec 22 19:06:18 debian systemd[1]: gdm.service start request repeated
too quickly, refusing to start.
Dec 22 19:06:18 debian systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager.
Dec 22 19:06:18 debian systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state.
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Recent discussion (on the Devuan list) mentioned dbus requires a reboot to restart. Perhaps startx also needs a reboot? Welcome to the world of systemd - determined to complicate your computing life. Note that Gnome is terminally infected with the systemd plague.
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