Public bug reported: Note, I have kde and gnome installed. Previously I was using lightdm, but since this was removed with the upgrade, I chose to use gdm. When booting, gdm did not start but instead I was at a shell login prompt. No errors were present in syslog or dmesg. dmesg output is attached.
I could start the x server by executing `startx` from the CLI. I then issued a `dpkg-reconfigure sddm` and selected sddm, then `dpkg- reconfigure gdm` and selected gdm. It gave me some sort of error about invoke-rc.d, so I then did `invoke-rc.d gdm3 start`, and it started gdm fine without rebooting. Then on next reboot as well, gdm started. So I'm not sure what there actually caused it to work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gdm3 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Thu May 3 15:46:12 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-06 (209 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-03 (0 days ago) ** Affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ** Attachment added: "dmesg output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768993/+attachment/5133295/+files/dmesg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768993 Title: Upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04 does not start gdm3 on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1768993/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs