Dear maintainers
The upgrade to the most updated versions did not change the issue. My current
conjecture (I'm a newbie of systemd) is that there is an install problem.
kdm.service seems built up in some dynamical way and gdm3 fails to discover it
and to accept that kdm is the chosen service. The consequences that
x-display-manager.target requires both kdm.service and gdm.service, which
generates the failure of the assertion in gdm.service
Thanks for your time
ric
MORE info:
* I've upgraded to most recent versions
gdm3 3.14.1-1
kdm 4:4.11.13-1
* During install ( aptitude full-upgrade I get )
Setting up gdm3 (3.14.0-1) ...
WARNING: /lib/systemd/system/kdm.service is the selected default display
manager but does not exist
Warning: Unit file of gdm3.service changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload'
recommended.
Job for gdm.service failed. See 'systemctl status gdm.service' and 'journalctl
-xn' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed.
..
Setting up kdm (4:4.11.13-1) ...
* After reboot (and logging in with kdm) same systemctl status:
# systemctl status gdm.service
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Fri 2014-10-31 10:17:47 CET; 7min
ago
Process: 1145 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat
/etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/gdm3" ]
(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Oct 31 10:17:45 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display
Manager.
Oct 31 10:17:45 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed
state.
Oct 31 10:17:47 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: gdm.service start request repeated
too quickly, refusing to start.
Oct 31 10:17:47 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display
Manager.
Oct 31 10:17:47 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed
state.
Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.
# systemctl status kdm.service
● kdm.service - LSB: X display manager for KDE
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/kdm)
Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/kdm.service.d
└─50-kdm-$x-display-manager.conf
Active: active (running) since Fri 2014-10-31 10:17:41 CET; 4min 50s ago
Process: 1039 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/kdm start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/kdm.service
├─1057 /usr/bin/kdm -config /var/run/kdm/kdmrc
└─1062 /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -br -nolisten tcp -auth
/var/run/xauth/A:0-W6NTPb
Oct 31 10:17:41 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm[1039]: Starting K Display Manager: kdm.
Oct 31 10:17:46 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm_greet[1079]: Cannot load
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
Oct 31 10:18:14 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm[1072]: :0[1072]: pam_unix(kdm:auth):
authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ...r=guida
Oct 31 10:18:26 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm[1072]: :0[1072]: pam_unix(kdm:session):
session opened for user guida by (uid=0)
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
# systemctl is-enabled kdm.service
Failed to get unit file state for kdm.service: No such file or directory
* Then I tried to inquire who loads whom:
# systemctl show -p "WantedBy" gdm.service
WantedBy=
# systemctl show -p "RequiredBy" gdm.service
RequiredBy=x-display-manager.target
# systemctl show -p "WantedBy" kdm.service
WantedBy=graphical.target multi-user.target
# systemctl show -p "RequiredBy" kdm.service
RequiredBy=x-display-manager.target
# systemctl status x-display-manager.target
● x-display-manager.target - X11 Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/etc/insserv.conf.d/kdm; static)
Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/x-display-manager.target.d
└─50-hard-dependency-gdm3-$x-display-manager.conf,
50-hard-dependency-kdm-$x-display-manager.conf
Active: active since Fri 2014-10-31 10:17:47 CET; 13min ago
* As a further test I tried to reconfigure gdm3 getting the same error
# dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
WARNING: /lib/systemd/system/kdm.service is the selected default display
manager but does not exist
Warning: Unit file of gdm3.service changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload'
recommended.
Job for gdm.service failed. See 'systemctl status gdm.service' and 'journalctl
-xn' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed.
# cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
/usr/bin/kdm
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