On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Wolfden <[email protected]> wrote: > The daily XFCE hasn't boot properly in the last 3 weeks. I figured as we > switched over to systemd it would work out eventually, but posting anyway. > > XFCE boots up to the XMD login box, which is a weird looking box, I don't > recall ever seeing this. > > I check the /etc/conf.d/xdm and display manager is set to "xdm" I believe > it should be set to "gdm" since that is what is installed. I change to > "gdm" than issue > > systemctl stop xdm > systemctl status xdm and it reports it dead > systemctl start xdm > > and I am brought back to the xdm login box, as if systemd doesn't use the > /etc/conf.d/xdm file. I have no idea if it does or doesn't as I a noob to > systemd.
systemd does not use the braindead /etc/conf.d/xdm. > > So hoping to look at log files and apparently systemd don't make the log > files? I can't find /var/log/messages or /var/log/dmesg > > A side note, I have to edit the grub line and remove all that fancy > graphical commands to get display to work. If I leave the default grub line > as is, my monitor goes to sleep and I can't do a thing to get it to display. > ctrl alt f1 does nothing. If I remove everything starting with splash to > --quiet in grub I get my display. Intel graphics - I can maybe get more > info once the xdm issue is solved. > > What is best way to get info on the xdm issue? > > -- > KJS > ~wolfden~ > > > -- Fabio Erculiani
