On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:13:15AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > 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 > [01;35mZebra:~# [00msystemctl status gdm.service > [1;31m●[0m gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled) > Active: [1;31mfailed[0m (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" ] > [1;31m(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)[0m > > May 05 10:57:09 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mgdm.service: control process exited, > code=exited status=1[0m > May 05 10:57:09 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to start GNOME Display > Manager.[0m > May 05 10:57:09 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mUnit gdm.service entered failed > state.[0m > May 05 10:57:09 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to enqueue OnFailure= job: > Invalid argument[0m > May 05 10:57:11 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mgdm.service start request repeated > too quickly, refusing to start.[0m > May 05 10:57:11 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to start GNOME Display > Manager.[0m > May 05 10:57:11 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mUnit gdm.service entered failed > state.[0m > May 05 10:57:11 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to enqueue OnFailure= job: > Invalid argument[0m > [01;35mZebra:~# [00mjournalctl -xn > -- Logs begin at Tue 2015-05-05 10:37:24 EDT, end at Tue 2015-05-05 10:57:11 EDT. --[m > May 05 10:57:08 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mUnit gdm.service entered failed > state.[0m[m > May 05 10:57:08 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to enqueue OnFailure= job: > Invalid argument[0m[m > May 05 10:57:09 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mgdm.service: control process exited, > code=exited status=1[0m[m > May 05 10:57:09 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to start GNOME Display > Manager.[0m[m > -- Subject: Unit gdm.service has failed[m > -- Defined-By: systemd[m > -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel[m > -- [m > -- Unit gdm.service has failed.[m > -- [m > -- The result is failed.[m > May 05 10:57:09 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mUnit gdm.service entered failed > state.[0m[m > May 05 10:57:09 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to enqueue OnFailure= job: > Invalid argument[0m[m > May 05 10:57:11 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mgdm.service start request repeated > too quickly, refusing to start.[0m[m > May 05 10:57:11 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to start GNOME Display > Manager.[0m[m > -- Subject: Unit gdm.service has failed[m > -- Defined-By: systemd[m > -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel[m > -- [m > -- Unit gdm.service has failed.[m > -- [m > -- The result is failed.[m > May 05 10:57:11 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;39mUnit gdm.service entered failed > state.[0m[m > May 05 10:57:11 Zebra systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to enqueue OnFailure= job: > Invalid argument[0m[m > [K[01;35mZebra:~# [00mexit > > Script done on Tue 05 May 2015 10:59:22 AM EDT > > > How do I correct this problem?
I'd look first at /var/log/Xorg.0.log. GDM isn't reporting any errors (at least nothing useful) so it might be X itself failing (for example a X-driver/kernel-driver mismatch could cause this). > > Tom > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150505151314.ga27...@tomgeorge.info > -- For more information, please reread.
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