Bug#747292: gdm3: Unable to login after last upgrade (version 3.8.4-7): fails to start a GNOME session

[Pascal Obry]

Laurent,

> I think we have identified the issue, basically logind is
> started/activated too late. We'll try to fix this to preserve
> compatibility with other initsystem than systemd, but I guess it's a
> good occasion to start using it if you don't mind :)

Sure, ready for anything...

> I would suggest you to try booting using systemd by setting the init
> kernel parameter to /lib/systemd/systemd. If it's successful, you can
> install systemd-sysv and _purge_ systemd-shim and then again reboot.

Can you tell me more about the procedure? Is there some Web page
explaining that? I must say that this is beyond my current knowledge as
I've never change the kernel init parameters.

Thanks,

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