Bug#726516: gdm3 fails to launch, stuck on "gone wrong" screen

[Michael Biebl]

Am 16.10.2013 13:25, schrieb Martin Erik Werner:
> Package: gdm3
> Version: 3.8.4-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> After installing a whole slew of updates recently (2013-10-15, and I think my last
> previous upgrade was 2013-09-20), gdm3 has stopped working.
> 
> When gdm3 is auto-started on boot or restarted manually it always ends
> up at the white "oh no, something has gone wrong" screen, where pressing
> "log out" takes you directly back to the same screen.
> 
> On each occurence there seems to appear an extra systemd error message
> in the dmesg:
> ###
> (...)
> [ 1113.820112] systemd-logind[3352]: Failed to issue method call: Launch
> helper exited with unknown return code 1
> [ 1121.219748] systemd-logind[3352]: Failed to issue method call: Launch
> helper exited with unknown return code 1
> [ 1123.382056] systemd-logind[3352]: Failed to issue method call: Launch
> helper exited with unknown return code 1
> [ 1124.631593] systemd-logind[3352]: Failed to issue method call: Launch
> helper exited with unknown return code 1
> (...)
> ###

Is libpam-systemd installed?


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