Bug 11164 - XFCE installs gdm but fails to start - 4alpha2 DVD 32
Summary: XFCE installs gdm but fails to start - 4alpha2 DVD 32
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jani Välimaa
QA Contact:
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Whiteboard: 4alpha2
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Reported: 2013-09-04 20:33 CEST by claire robinson
Modified: 2013-09-05 16:37 CEST (History)
3 users (show)

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report.bug.xz (128.21 KB, application/x-xz)
2013-09-04 20:35 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
journal.txt (105.49 KB, text/plain)
2013-09-04 20:35 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
gdm.log renamed from /var/log/gdm/:0.log (11.41 KB, text/x-log)
2013-09-04 20:36 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
Xorg.0.log (16.83 KB, text/x-log)
2013-09-04 20:36 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
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Description claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:33:30 CEST 
4alpha2 DVD 32 with default XFCE installation (date.txt 3rd sept before separate DE installs revert)

After the main package installation it asked to also install GDM.

After reboot it failed to start GDM so no XFCE.

I'll attach some logs

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:34:25 CEST

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins, derekjenn, ennael1
Assignee: bugsquad => jani.valimaa
Whiteboard: (none) => 4alpha2

Comment 1 claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:35:05 CEST 
Created attachment 4324 [details]
report.bug.xz
Comment 2 claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:35:31 CEST 
Created attachment 4325 [details]
journal.txt
Comment 3 claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:36:18 CEST 
Created attachment 4326 [details]
gdm.log renamed from /var/log/gdm/:0.log
Comment 4 claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:36:39 CEST 
Created attachment 4327 [details]
Xorg.0.log
Comment 5 Jani Välimaa 2013-09-04 21:44:56 CEST 
And what does 'systemctl status prefdm.service' say?
Comment 6 claire robinson 2013-09-04 22:39:02 CEST 
Says it's started gdm --nodaemon
Comment 7 claire robinson 2013-09-04 22:51:45 CEST 
# systemctl status prefdm.service
prefdm.service - Display Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/prefdm.service; static)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2013-09-04 19:22:47 BST; 2h 28min ago
 Main PID: 724 (gdm)
   CGroup: /system.slice/prefdm.service
           ââ724 /usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
           ââ927 /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_0
           ââ994 /etc/X11/X :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-ZJ16Tc/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt1

Sep 04 19:22:47 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Display Manager...
Sep 04 19:22:47 localhost systemd[1]: Started Display Manager.
Comment 8 Jani Välimaa 2013-09-05 15:40:42 CEST 
And no login window at all?

What if you install pkg gnome-session?
Comment 9 claire robinson 2013-09-05 15:44:45 CEST 
It was just a blank screen. I'm not able to replicate this now as the feature enabling singular XFCE installation was reverted for now so it might be related.

I'll have to test again with alpha3, or somebody could test with the boot.iso when the feature is re-implemented.
Comment 10 Jani Välimaa 2013-09-05 15:47:29 CEST 
OK. When it's re-implemented we/I should take care that lightdm is the default dm for Xfce.
Comment 11 Jani Välimaa 2013-09-05 16:34:15 CEST 
Actually this can be reproduced after installing minimal Xfce with other dm than gdm. After installing gdm there's no greeter window unless one installs gnome-shell also.

Added gnome-shell requires to gdm 3.9.90-2 and thus closing this as FIXED. Feel free to reopen if needed.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 12 claire robinson 2013-09-05 16:37:07 CEST 
Thanks Jani
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