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#1 2014-09-08 09:46:06
- ioRek
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[SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
Hi,
I'm trying to run gdm at startup automatically in my arch Virtualbox Guest.
a systemctl enable gdm won't help me.
a systemctl start gdm works fine.
I have nothing in /var/log/gdm. Not a single file, is it normal ?
any idea ?
Last edited by ioRek (2014-09-15 17:21:40)
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#2 2014-09-08 09:57:22
- CarlD
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
What is the output of:
systemctl enable gdm.serviceThis should result in gdm working permanently on the next bootup. It won't work if you have another display manager enabled, however. If that is the case, then you will need to disable that first.
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#3 2014-09-09 15:25:58
- mid-kid
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
Do you have the virtualbox kernel modules installed?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … el_modules
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … _modules_2
If it ain't broke, you haven't tweaked it enough.
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#4 2014-09-09 17:06:58
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
sudo systemctl enable gdm.service output nothing
and after a disable
systemctl enable gdm.service
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service.and yes I have enabled and loaded virtualbox kernel modules 
cat /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
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#5 2014-09-11 16:13:55
- ioRek
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
still no luck with it
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#6 2014-09-12 12:40:39
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
What is the output of:
# systemctl list-unitsOffline
#7 2014-09-12 21:56:35
- ioRek
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.1-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sr0.device loaded active plugged VBOX_CD-ROM
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:03.0-net-enp0s3.device loaded active plugged 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter)
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK 1
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda2.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK 2
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS0
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3
sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs
sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp0s3.device loaded active plugged 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter)
-.mount loaded active mounted /
dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System
dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System
home.mount loaded active mounted /home
run-user-0.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/0
sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Configuration File System
sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Debug File System
tmp.mount loaded active mounted Temporary Directory
systemd-ask-password-console.path loaded active waiting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch
systemd-ask-password-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch
session-c1.scope loaded active running Session c1 of user root
dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
dhcpcd.service loaded active running dhcpcd on all interfaces
getty@tty1.service loaded active running Getty on tty1
kmod-static-nodes.service loaded active exited Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel
nginx.service loaded active running A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
postgresql.service loaded active running PostgreSQL database server
sshd.service loaded active running OpenSSH Daemon
systemd-fsck-root.service loaded active exited File System Check on Root Device
systemd-fsck@dev-sda2.service loaded active exited File System Check on /dev/sda2
systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service
systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service
systemd-modules-load.service loaded active exited Load Kernel Modules
systemd-random-seed.service loaded active exited Load/Save Random Seed
systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service loaded active exited Create Static Device Nodes in /dev
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Create Volatile Files and Directories
systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager
systemd-update-utmp.service loaded active exited Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown
systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
systemd-vconsole-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console
user@0.service loaded active running User Manager for UID 0
vboxservice.service loaded active running VirtualBox Guest Service
-.slice loaded active active Root Slice
system-getty.slice loaded active active system-getty.slice
system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice loaded active active system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice
system.slice loaded active active System Slice
user-0.slice loaded active active user-0.slice
user.slice loaded active active User and Session Slice
dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
dm-event.socket loaded active listening Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs
docker.socket loaded active listening Docker Socket for the API
lvm2-lvmetad.socket loaded active listening LVM2 metadata daemon socket
systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe
systemd-journald-dev-log.socket loaded active running Journal Socket (/dev/log)
systemd-journald.socket loaded active running Journal Socket
systemd-shutdownd.socket loaded active listening Delayed Shutdown Socket
systemd-udevd-control.socket loaded active running udev Control Socket
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket loaded active running udev Kernel Socket
basic.target loaded active active Basic System
cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes
getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts
local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre)
local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems
multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User System
network.target loaded active active Network
paths.target loaded active active Paths
remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems
slices.target loaded active active Slices
sockets.target loaded active active Sockets
swap.target loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization
time-sync.target loaded active active System Time Synchronized
timers.target loaded active active Timers
logrotate.timer loaded active waiting Daily rotation of log files
man-db.timer loaded active waiting Daily man-db cache update
shadow.timer loaded active waiting Daily verification of password and group files
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories
updatedb.timer loaded active waiting Daily locate database updateOffline
#8 2014-09-13 21:25:32
- the_drew82
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
It doesn't appear that your service file is being loaded at all.
I would advise:
# systemctl enable gdmNotice I did not append .service
and then:
# systemctl status gdmOffline
#9 2014-09-14 22:14:03
- ioRek
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)Last edited by ioRek (2014-09-14 22:18:33)
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#10 2014-09-15 00:11:07
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
And the result if you reboot?
If that doesn't work, look for failure messages in:
# journalctlOffline
#11 2014-09-15 17:16:10
- ioRek
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
-- Reboot --
Sep 19 06:49:14 tux systemd[330]: Failed to open private bus connection: Failed to connect to socket /run/user/1000/dbus/user_bus_socket: No such file or directory
Sep 19 06:49:14 tux systemd[330]: Mounted /sys/kernel/config.
Sep 19 06:49:14 tux systemd[330]: Startup finished in 120ms.
Sep 19 06:49:14 tux systemd[330]: Starting Default.
Sep 19 06:49:14 tux systemd[330]: Reached target Default.
Sep 19 06:53:36 tux su[350]: (to terry) terry on none
Sep 19 06:53:36 tux su[350]: pam_unix(su-l:session): session opened for user root by terry(uid=1000)
Sep 19 06:56:59 tux systemd[330]: Stopping Default.Maybe something wrong with the default target ?
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#12 2014-09-15 17:19:24
- ioRek
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Re: [SOLVED] Enable gdm at startup in VirtualBox guest
Ok my default target was multi-user.target. I changed to
systemctl set-default graphical.targetOffline