-Tom
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From:
Tom Browder <
tom.browder@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Subject: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first reboot, cannot recover graphical login
To: arian <
debian@semioptimal.net>
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:26 PM, arian <
debian@semioptimal.net> wrote:
> please retrieve the actual logs from
> # journalctl -u lightdm
Output of "journalctl -u lightdm" follows:
# journalctl -u lightdm
-- Logs begin at Tue 2016-04-05 16:50:35 CDT, end at Tue 2016-04-05
17:51:15 CDT. --
Apr 05 16:50:46 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:46 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state.
Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state.
Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service start request
repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Light Display Manager.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state
Thanks, arian.
Best,
-Tom