[SOLVED] Gnome not starting automatically

Akas · 2021-02-12 00:32:46

I got the issue that Gnome is not starting automatically during the booting process. I have to login via tty and start Gnome manually.
Upon further investigation, I found out that the vendor preset for gdm.service is disabled.

systemctl list-unit-files --state=enabled       
UNIT FILE                          STATE   VENDOR PRESET
gdm.service                        enabled disabled     
getty@.service                     enabled enabled      
NetworkManager-dispatcher.service  enabled disabled     
NetworkManager-wait-online.service enabled disabled     
NetworkManager.service             enabled disabled     
vpnagentd.service                  enabled disabled     
remote-fs.target                   enabled enabled      

7 unit files listed.

I tried to enable it with

systemctl enable gdm.service

However, the vendor preset status for gdm.service remains unchanged.
Here is also the output of systemctl status gdm.service in case that information is relevant.

systemctl status gdm.service                    
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2021-02-11 20:13:49 CET; 5h 13min ago
   Main PID: 371 (gdm)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 37183)
     Memory: 5.7M
     CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service
             └─371 /usr/bin/gdm

Feb 11 20:13:49 archLaptop gdm[371]: Gdm: Child process -456 was already dead.
Feb 11 20:13:49 archLaptop gdm[371]: Gdm: Child process -456 was already dead.
Feb 11 20:13:49 archLaptop gdm[371]: Gdm: Child process -533 was already dead.
Feb 11 20:14:29 archLaptop gdm-password][1007]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Feb 11 20:14:29 archLaptop gdm-password][1007]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
Feb 11 20:14:29 archLaptop gdm-password][1007]: pam_systemd_home(gdm-password:account): systemd-homed is not available: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
Feb 11 20:14:29 archLaptop gdm-password][1007]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user steven(uid=1000) by (uid=0)
Feb 11 20:14:29 archLaptop gdm-password][1007]: pam_env(gdm-password:session): deprecated reading of user environment enabled
Feb 11 20:14:29 archLaptop gdm-password][1007]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly and unlocked keyring
Feb 11 20:14:32 archLaptop gdm[371]: Gdm: Child process -661 was already dead.

Last edited by Akas (2021-02-13 23:19:16)

Lone_Wolf · 2021-02-12 17:43:55

Vendor presets don't change when a service is enabled or disabled .

please post (run as root) journalctl -b

It will be large, check https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients for methods to make uploading it easy

Akas · 2021-02-12 18:06:57

Hi,
thanks for the reply. Here is the output of journalctl -b: http://sprunge.us/WOOux0

Lone_Wolf · 2021-02-12 18:29:41

The log shows lots of errors on firmware level, and acer released 3 newer versions, check https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/s … .Q3RAA.002

I don't think that's causing gdm to fail though .
This looks very much like a common race condition where gdm (also happens with other DMs) tries to use the videocard before it's fully initialised.

Try configuring https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … _KMS_start .

Akas · 2021-02-12 19:14:42

Thanks for pointing out that there is a firmware update available. Unfortunately, it seems I am unable to update the firmware as I do not have a Windows partition installed.
I added the amdgpu module in the MODULES array in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. However, I still get the issue that Gnome is not starting automatically.
When I got the Notebook in Autumn 2019 everything was fine and I got no issues with Gnome. However, since a systemd update in winter 2020 or at the beginning of this year (I cannot remember exactly), I got this issue.

Lone_Wolf · 2021-02-13 13:11:04

Fresh logs please,

# journalctl -b | grep -v audit

(the audit messages are rarely useful for this kind of troubleshooting, removing them makes log a lot more readable)

Akas · 2021-02-13 19:42:47

Fresh logs: http://sprunge.us/nCvQGu

Lone_Wolf · 2021-02-13 22:53:04

Feb 13 20:40:27 archLaptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[533]: Unable to run X server
Feb 13 20:40:27 archLaptop gdm[372]: Gdm: Child process -533 was already dead.

Feb 13 20:40:28 archLaptop kernel: [drm] Initialized amdgpu 3.40.0 20150101 for 0000:04:00.0 on minor 1

Verify you do have amdgpu in your modules= line in mkinitcpio AND regenerate initramfs .

(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"

Post ls -lR /etc/X11 & the contents of files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d folder.

Also install xf86-video-amdgpu.
Reboot and post fresh log .

Akas · 2021-02-13 23:18:15

Lone_Wolf wrote:

Verify you do have amdgpu in your modules= line in mkinitcpio AND regenerate initramfs .

Thank you very much! Regenerating the initramfs did the trick. Thank you for taking the time.

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#1 2021-02-12 00:32:46

[SOLVED] Gnome not starting automatically

#2 2021-02-12 17:43:55

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