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smohr

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Registered: 2012-05-29

Posts: 33

[solved] systemd fails to start gdm

Hey,

after upgrading everything gdm does not start anymore.

Output of systemctl:
gdm.service   loaded   inactive   dead     start   Gnome Displ...

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep "EE":
[   710.874] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[   710.874] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)

cat ~/.xsession-errors
[...]
(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_get_editable: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_get_text: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_set_text: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_get_editable: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_get_text: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_set_text: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_get_editable: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_get_text: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

(gnome-shell:1706): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_set_text: assertion `CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

restart systemctl restart gdm:
A dependency job failed. See system journal for details

Where do I find the system journal?

I have started gdm by logging in as root and run the command "gdm". This works.

Thanks for help!

Last edited by smohr (2012-07-27 12:39:53)

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

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Re: [solved] systemd fails to start gdm

I can guarantee you're not fully up to date. gdm.service received an update that removes a dependency on dev-tty7.device (likely what's failing).

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smohr

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Registered: 2012-05-29

Posts: 33

Re: [solved] systemd fails to start gdm

I don't know the problem but I think I'm fully up to date. Reinstalling gdm didn't solve the problem too,  so I decided deleting the dev-tty7.device dependency manually in gdm.service.
That works!
Thank you for your advice.

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

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Re: [solved] systemd fails to start gdm

gdm.service belongs to systemd-arch-units (for now).

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thof

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Registered: 2012-05-27

Posts: 16

Re: [solved] systemd fails to start gdm

Same issue here. It seems that people who use testing repository only (without community-testing) could have this problem. But today's community update includes systemd-arch-units 20120528-3 which resolved problem.