Loren, Thanks. That did it. I rebooted and it came up in graphical login. Had not seen systemctl unmask before.
Regards, Ken On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 4:22 PM, Loren M. Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > I might add to that, if gdm is what you have installed for a display > manager, try this as well: > > # systemctl unmask gdm.service > # systemctl enable gdm.service > # systemctl start gdm.service > > And then also post back to the list this if it's still not working: > > # systemctl status gdm.service > > -- > Loren > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 11:20:10AM -0700, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > Try: systemctl set-default graphical.target > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 30, 2018, 11:16 AM Ken Stephens <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Johnathan, > > > > > > No entry about run levels in grub.cfg. Still searching and scratching > > > head. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ken > > > > > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 11:05 AM, Johnathan Mantey <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Are you sure you didn't change GRUB to enter run level 3? Check your > > > > grub.conf file (or whatever it is called), and check for a solo "3" > and > > > > change it to a "5", which is the run level for UI. > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Ken Stephens < > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Ali, > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, but there is no /var/log/Xorg. I can start X using startx > > > after > > > > > logging in. > > > > > > > > > > Found one in /var/lib/gdm/.local/share/Xorg.0.log. No errors. > Owned > > > by > > > > > gdm. > > > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:49 AM, Ali Corbin <[email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Ken Stephens < > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am puzzled. Ages ago I did something to stop my Fedora 26 > system > > > > > from > > > > > > > booting into graphical login mode. I wish I could remember or > > > > identify > > > > > > > what I did, but age and time have intervened. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > #systemctl status default.target > > > > > > > ● graphical.target - Graphical Interface > > > > > > > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/graphical.target; > > > > enabled; > > > > > > > vendor preset: disabled) > > > > > > > Active: active since Wed 2018-05-30 09:40:11 PDT; 30min ago > > > > > > > Docs: man:systemd.special(7) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > May 30 09:40:11 neptune systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical > > > > Interface. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But the system presents a text login. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > #systemctl status multi-user.target > > > > > > > ● multi-user.target - Multi-User System > > > > > > > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target; > > > > static; > > > > > > > vendor preset: disabled) > > > > > > > Active: active since Wed 2018-05-30 09:40:11 PDT; 36min ago > > > > > > > Docs: man:systemd.special(7) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > May 30 09:40:11 neptune systemd[1]: Reached target Multi-User > > > System. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Before I disable multi-user I want your opinions on whether > this is > > > > the > > > > > > way > > > > > > > to regain my graphical login. The graphical login has a > dependency > > > > on > > > > > > the > > > > > > > multi-user target. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards to all, > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd start out by looking at /var/log/Xorg*, to see if X didn't > come > > > up > > > > > > because of an error. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- > Loren M. Lang > [email protected] > http://www.north-winds.org/ > > > Public Key: ftp://ftp.north-winds.org/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc > Fingerprint: 10A0 7AE2 DAF5 4780 888A 3FA4 DCEE BB39 7654 DE5B > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
