Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Jean-Marc
Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:09:21 -0800 Joris Bolsens epicbl...@gmail.com écrivait : Hello all, hi Joris, I recently ran into a problem with Gnome. It fails to start at all. I am able to get a working ui by using the startx command, and it seems like it is a gnomish environment (windows key brings

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Go Linux
On Tue, 12/23/14, Jean-Marc jean-m...@6jf.be wrote: Subject: Re: gnome wont start To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 3:41 AM Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:09:21 -0800 Joris Bolsens epicbl...@gmail.com écrivait : PS unfortunately, there are mentions of systemd

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Joris Bolsens
On 12/22/2014 10:31 PM, Go Linux wrote: Recent discussion (on the Devuan list) mentioned dbus requires a reboot to restart. Perhaps startx also needs a reboot? Welcome to the world of systemd - determined to complicate your computing life. Note that Gnome is terminally infected with

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Floris
Op Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:58:48 +0100 schreef Joris Bolsens jo...@linux.com: I've restarted multiple times, every time Gnome fails to start and i have to use `startx` to get a working UI, but I am still missing things like the gnome lockscreen/screensaver. Is it Gnome that fails to start or

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Joris Bolsens
On 12/23/2014 10:07 AM, Floris wrote: Op Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:58:48 +0100 schreef Joris Bolsens jo...@linux.com: Is it Gnome that fails to start or gdm? Not sure what the difference is (sorry). When the system starts I get multiple messages along the lines of Gnome Display Manager [FAILED].

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Floris
Op Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:14:00 +0100 schreef Joris Bolsens jo...@linux.com: On 12/23/2014 10:07 AM, Floris wrote: Op Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:58:48 +0100 schreef Joris Bolsens jo...@linux.com: Is it Gnome that fails to start or gdm? Not sure what the difference is (sorry). When the system

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 23 December 2014 18:14:00 Joris Bolsens wrote: On 12/23/2014 10:07 AM, Floris wrote: Op Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:58:48 +0100 schreef Joris Bolsens jo...@linux.com: Is it Gnome that fails to start or gdm? Not sure what the difference is (sorry). When the system starts I get

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Floris
Op Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:37:13 +0100 schreef Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com: On Tuesday 23 December 2014 18:14:00 Joris Bolsens wrote: On 12/23/2014 10:07 AM, Floris wrote: Op Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:58:48 +0100 schreef Joris Bolsens jo...@linux.com: Is it Gnome that fails to start or gdm?

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Joris Bolsens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/23/2014 10:32 AM, Floris wrote: just to be sure: apt-get update apt-get purge kdm $ sudo apt-get purge kdm Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'kdm' is not installed, so not

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Joris Bolsens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/23/2014 10:37 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: dpkg-reconfigure gdm $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm dpkg-query: package 'gdm' is not installed and no information is available Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Floris
Op Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:38:00 +0100 schreef Joris Bolsens epicbl...@gmail.com: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/23/2014 10:32 AM, Floris wrote: just to be sure: apt-get update apt-get purge kdm $ sudo apt-get purge kdm Reading package lists... Done Building dependency

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Joris Bolsens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/23/2014 11:40 AM, Floris wrote: maybe you can manually set the display manager to gdm3 edit /etc/X11/default-display-manager to: /usr/sbin/gdm3 That did the trick, it was set to /usr/bin/gdm3 Any idea why dpkg and apt couldn't

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Hans
Am Dienstag, 23. Dezember 2014, 12:21:49 schrieb Joris Bolsens: On 12/23/2014 11:40 AM, Floris wrote: maybe you can manually set the display manager to gdm3 edit /etc/X11/default-display-manager to: /usr/sbin/gdm3 That did the trick, it was set to /usr/bin/gdm3 Any idea why dpkg

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-23 Thread Joris Bolsens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/23/2014 12:49 PM, Hans wrote: Did you try to dpkg-reconfigure gdm? I did, but it failed as there is nothing installed as gdm no longer exists in jessie apparently, just gdm3 You might try to force the configuration by reconfiguring

gnome wont start

2014-12-22 Thread Joris Bolsens
Hello all, I recently ran into a problem with Gnome. It fails to start at all. I am able to get a working ui by using the startx command, and it seems like it is a gnomish environment (windows key brings up the Activities selected or what have you) Gnome used to work fine, however I installed KDE

Re: gnome wont start

2014-12-22 Thread Go Linux
On Mon, 12/22/14, Joris Bolsens epicbl...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: gnome wont start To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, December 22, 2014, 9:09 PM [snip] $ sudo systemctl status gdm.service ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service