Re: Systemd Problem: No VGA after /etc/init.d/gdm3 start

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

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On 05/05/2015 12:28 PM, Thomas H. George wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 05:54:53PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> Am 05.05.2015 um 17:13 schrieb Thomas H. George:
>>> Entered /etc/init.d/gdm3 start from a root console. Response was to
>>> check systemctl status gdm.service and journalctl -xn. A script of the
>>> output of these entries:
>>>
>>>
>>> Script started on Tue 05 May 2015 10:58:05 AM EDT
>>> Zebra:~# systemctl status gdm.service
>>> ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
>>>    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled)
>>>    Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Tue 2015-05-05 10:57:11 EDT; 1min 28s ago
>>>   Process: 1920 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/gdm3" ] (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
>>
>> [..]
>>
>>> How do I correct this problem?
>>
>>
>> What does /etc/X11/default-display-manager say?
>> dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 and selecting gdm3 as default display manager
>> should fix the problem.
> 
> No luck. This did restore the login screen but as soon as I logged the
> screen went blank and the no vga signal found.

Here's a complete shot in the dark.  It worked for me on a display issue
today (lightdm, visible cursor, blank everything else).

Is this jessie?  Is consolekit installed?  If ~$ aptitude why consolekit
suggests it's redundant to libpam-systemd, remove it, then:
# service gdm3 start

Good luck!

Ralph

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