Am 16.10.2013 14:23, schrieb Martin Erik Werner: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 01:47:57PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Am 16.10.2013 13:25, schrieb Martin Erik Werner: >>> Package: gdm3 >>> Version: 3.8.4-2 >>> Severity: important >>> >>> Dear Maintainer, >>> After installing a whole slew of updates recently (2013-10-15, and I think >>> my last >>> previous upgrade was 2013-09-20), gdm3 has stopped working. >>> >>> When gdm3 is auto-started on boot or restarted manually it always ends >>> up at the white "oh no, something has gone wrong" screen, where pressing >>> "log out" takes you directly back to the same screen. >>> >>> On each occurence there seems to appear an extra systemd error message >>> in the dmesg: >>> ### >>> (...) >>> [ 1113.820112] systemd-logind[3352]: Failed to issue method call: Launch >>> helper exited with unknown return code 1 >>> [ 1121.219748] systemd-logind[3352]: Failed to issue method call: Launch >>> helper exited with unknown return code 1 >>> [ 1123.382056] systemd-logind[3352]: Failed to issue method call: Launch >>> helper exited with unknown return code 1 >>> [ 1124.631593] systemd-logind[3352]: Failed to issue method call: Launch >>> helper exited with unknown return code 1
You can try to run killall systemd-logind && /lib/systemd/systemd-logind-launch on the console and then restart gdm3 via service gdm3 restart Attach the output of systemd-logind. > (So both in symptoms and that regard it seemed unrelated to #724731, which is > why I reported it separately) Have you rebooted your system in between? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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