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Re: wheezy to jessie upgrade: gdm system.d failure



On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:31:41PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 11.05.2015 um 23:10 schrieb Thomas H. George:
> > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 09:10:36PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> On Monday 11 May 2015 20:52:27 Thomas H. George wrote:
> >>> I ENCOUNTERED THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE INSTILLATION OF JESSIE ON A NEW
> >>> COMPUTER, POSTED THE DESCRIPTION TO THE DEBIAN USER LIST AND RECEIVE NO
> >>> HELP.
> >>
> >> Maybe noone knew the answer.  There's no need to shout.
> 
> He did receive help.
> It was pointed out to him (as can also be seen in the error message he
> posted) that gdm.service had failed in the ExecStartPre step.
> 
> Which means /etc/X11/default-display-manager was not pointing to
> /usr/sbin/gdm3.

The content of /etc/X11/default-display-manager is /usr/sbin/gdm3 just
as it was when I started the upgrade.

Before I started the upgrade gdm3 started and gnome desk was open at F7.
Now it is not.
> 
> That it not a systemd problem, fwiw.	
> 
> 
> -- 
> Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
> universe are pointed away from Earth?
> 



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