Control: tags -1 - moreinfo Hi Simon!
On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 05:09:00PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 at 18:53:45 +0300, Dmitry Shachnev wrote: > > After I upgraded gdm3 to the version from experimental, it does not start > > anymore. Systemd reports that a process is running, but all I see is a > > blinking TTY cursor. There is no stdout/stderr, and the /var/log/gdm3 > > directory is empty. > > This version is working fine for me. Is anything of interest logged in > the systemd Journal? > > If there isn't much there, `systemctl edit gdm.service` and adding > > [Service] > Environment=DEBUG_INVOCATION=1 > > might help to get more information. Tried that. Attaching the log from systemctl. -- Dmitry Shachnev
-- Boot 775e1033e27948a2b76f9709d9fe8d90 --
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 systemd[1]: Starting gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager...
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 systemd[1]: Started gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager.
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: varlink: Setting state idle-client
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager:
Sending message:
{"method":"io.systemd.UserDatabase.GetUserRecord","parameters":{"uid":60578,"service":"org.gnome.DisplayManager"}}
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager:
Changing state idle-client → awaiting-reply
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: varlink: Setting state idle-client
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/io.systemd.DynamicUser:
Sending message:
{"method":"io.systemd.UserDatabase.GetUserRecord","parameters":{"uid":60578,"service":"io.systemd.DynamicUser"}}
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/io.systemd.DynamicUser:
Changing state idle-client → awaiting-reply
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager:
Received message:
{"error":"io.systemd.UserDatabase.NoRecordFound","parameters":{}}
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager:
Changing state awaiting-reply → processing-reply
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: Got lookup error:
io.systemd.UserDatabase.NoRecordFound
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager:
Changing state processing-reply → idle-client
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/io.systemd.DynamicUser:
Received message:
{"error":"io.systemd.UserDatabase.NoRecordFound","parameters":{}}
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/io.systemd.DynamicUser:
Changing state awaiting-reply → processing-reply
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: Got lookup error:
io.systemd.UserDatabase.NoRecordFound
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm3[6019]: /run/systemd/userdb/io.systemd.DynamicUser:
Changing state processing-reply → idle-client
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]: varlink: Setting state idle-client
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]:
/run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager: Sending message:
{"method":"io.systemd.UserDatabase.GetUserRecord","parameters":{"userName":"gdm-greeter","service":"org.gnome.DisplayManager"}}
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]:
/run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager: Changing state idle-client →
awaiting-reply
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]: varlink: Setting state idle-client
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]:
/run/systemd/userdb/io.systemd.DynamicUser: Sending message:
{"method":"io.systemd.UserDatabase.GetUserRecord","parameters":{"userName":"gdm-greeter","service":"io.systemd.DynamicUser"}}
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]:
/run/systemd/userdb/io.systemd.DynamicUser: Changing state idle-client →
awaiting-reply
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]:
/run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager: Received message:
{"parameters":{"record":{"userName":"gdm-greeter","uid":60578,"gid":125,"realName":"GDM
Greeter","homeDirectory":"/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter","shell":"/usr/sbin/nologin","service":"org.gnome.DisplayManager","disposition":"dynamic"}}}
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]:
/run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager: Changing state awaiting-reply →
processing-reply
Sep 28 19:25:48 l3 gdm-session-worker[6028]:
/run/systemd/userdb/org.gnome.DisplayManager: Changing state processing-reply →
idle-client
Sep 28 19:27:43 l3 systemd[1]: Stopping gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager...
Sep 28 19:27:43 l3 systemd[1]: gdm.service: Deactivated successfully.
Sep 28 19:27:43 l3 systemd[1]: Stopped gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager.
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