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#1 2017-07-24 12:35:40

linusvanpelt
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[SOLVED] Bypass display manager on login?

I'm running Arch as my primary, plus Arch in Virtualbox for learning, testing, etc.

In my latest VM, I installed lightdm and a number of desktop environments.

On reboot, I get "Failed to start Light Display Manager" and "See systemctl status lightdm.service for details".  Then a hung system.

Is there any way to bypass the display manager on reboot?  Perhaps a grub option?  Or do I need an Arch live CD, chroot, etc?

I could always revert to the previous snapshot but I'd lose a lot of work...

Thanks...

Last edited by linusvanpelt (2017-07-24 13:53:03)

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#2 2017-07-24 12:41:18

Slithery
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Re: [SOLVED] Bypass display manager on login?


No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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#3 2017-07-24 12:47:20

linusvanpelt
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Re: [SOLVED] Bypass display manager on login?

D'oh.  Additional Googling reminded me of Alt-F2, Alt-F3, etc for additional consoles.

However, systemctl status lightdm.service didn't tell me much:

lightdm.service:  Unit entered failed state
lightdm.service:  Main process exited, code=exited, status (line truncated)

Can you advise debugging steps to follow?

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#4 2017-07-24 12:59:12

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Re: [SOLVED] Bypass display manager on login?


No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

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#5 2017-07-24 13:41:00

linusvanpelt
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Re: [SOLVED] Bypass display manager on login?

Thanks heaps.  One of the reasons I chose Arch is it would force me to learn more about Linux, rather than a distro hiding the details from me.

So I appreciate the links, rather than spoon feeding me info.  Guess I need to read more of the Wiki!  Or at least learn "where stuff is".

My problem is solved.  I followed this:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM, but neglected to install the greeter.  Once I installed lightdm-gtk-greeter (per the instructions) all was well again.

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#6 2017-07-24 13:45:04

Slithery
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Re: [SOLVED] Bypass display manager on login?

Glad I could help smile

Don't forget to mark this thread solved...
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50161


No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

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