Bug#767388: gdm3: (with default=kdm) gdm.service gives failed status

Thu Oct 30 19:24:14 UTC 2014

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.14.0-1
Severity: minor

Dear Maintainer,

I have kdm as default display manager.
Systemd starts gdm.service,
which contains an ExecStartPre assertion default=gdm
that fails giving a failure log and a failure status.

I do not know if this is a bug or a feature,
nor if I should report this to kdm,
but in my mind having a programmatic failure in a normal situation
should not be normal...

Thanks for your time
ric

# cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
/usr/bin/kdm

# systemctl status gdm.service
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager                             
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static)       
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Thu 2014-10-30 09:19:36 CET; 10h ago
  Process: 1145 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/gdm3" ] (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)                                  

Oct 30 09:19:35 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager.
Oct 30 09:19:35 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state.
Oct 30 09:19:36 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: gdm.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Oct 30 09:19:36 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display Manager.
Oct 30 09:19:36 IPhT-IA-004976 systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered failed state.

Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.

# systemctl status kdm.service
● kdm.service - LSB: X display manager for KDE
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/kdm)
  Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/kdm.service.d
           └─50-kdm-$x-display-manager.conf
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2014-10-30 09:19:31 CET; 10h ago
  Process: 1039 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/kdm start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/kdm.service
           ├─1057 /usr/bin/kdm -config /var/run/kdm/kdmrc
           └─1062 /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -br -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-mwU3Gb

Oct 30 09:19:31 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm[1039]: Starting K Display Manager: kdm.
Oct 30 09:19:36 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm_greet[1072]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No ...tory
Oct 30 09:19:49 IPhT-IA-004976 kdm[1070]: :0[1070]: pam_unix(kdm:session): session opened for user guida by (uid=0)
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                              0.6.37-3+b1
ii  adduser                                      3.113+nmu3
ii  dconf-cli                                    0.22.0-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                      0.22.0-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                        1.5.53
ii  gir1.2-gdm3                                  3.14.0-1
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]            3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-session-bin                            3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager]  3.8.1-4
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-shell                                  3.14.0-1
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]         3.14.0-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.14.0-1
ii  kde-window-manager [x-window-manager]        4:4.11.12-2+b1
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emulator]                4:4.14.1-1
ii  libaccountsservice0                          0.6.37-3+b1
ii  libaudit1                                    1:2.4-1
ii  libc6                                        2.19-11
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                           0.30-2.1
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.30-2.1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.31.1-2+b1
ii  libgdm1                                      3.14.0-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.42.0-2
ii  libglib2.0-bin                               2.42.0-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.14.3-1
ii  libpam-modules                               1.1.8-3.1
ii  libpam-runtime                               1.1.8-3.1
ii  libpam-systemd                               215-5+b1
ii  libpam0g                                     1.1.8-3.1
ii  librsvg2-common                              2.40.5-1
ii  libselinux1                                  2.3-2
ii  libsystemd0                                  215-5+b1
ii  libwrap0                                     7.6.q-25
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxau6                                      1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxdmcp6                                    1:1.1.1-1
ii  libxrandr2                                   2:1.4.2-1
ii  lsb-base                                     4.1+Debian13
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]                  1:3.12.0-2
ii  policykit-1                                  0.105-7
ii  ucf                                          3.0030
ii  x11-common                                   1:7.7+7
ii  x11-xserver-utils                            7.7+3
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]                  312-1

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.14.0-1
ii  desktop-base               7.0.3
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.12.0-1
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7+1
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.16.1-1
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+7
ii  zenity                     3.14.0-1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-orca            3.14.0-1
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.14.0-1+b1

-- debconf information:
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm