[snip] >> It stopped working. I have the same problem described here: >> >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395327 >> >> It hangs with this from /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log: >> >> DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0 >> >> It does this on 2 of my systems but succeeds on the other. The next >> lines on the successful system are: >> >> DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager >> DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 >> >> The fix described in the bug is to add dbus to use in /etc/init.d/xdm >> but dbus is already in there. dbus is currently started on all 3 >> systems. Any ideas? >> >> - Grant > > This definitely has something to do with dbus but I can't put my > finger on it. I added dbus to the boot runlevel and lightdm came up > fine after a reboot. I removed dbus from all runlevels and rebooted > it's still working. I don't get it. I rebooted many times this > morning and it never worked once. > > - Grant
I'm sorry for cramming up the airwaves with this. lightdm works with dbus in the default runlevel too. I think I just need to make sure dbus starts before xdm. Can anyone suggest an /etc/init.d/xdm change for this and should I file a bug? - Grant
