Bug#922647: systemd --user no longer running

[Julien Leproust]

Yes, I do have dbus-user-session and dbus-x11 installed:

$ apt-cache policy dbus-user-session dbus-x11
dbus-user-session:
   Installed: 1.12.12-1
   Candidate: 1.12.12-1
   Version table:
      1.13.8-1 1
           1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian experimental/main amd64 
Packages
  *** 1.12.12-1 500
         500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dbus-x11:
   Installed: 1.12.12-1
   Candidate: 1.12.12-1
   Version table:
      1.13.8-1 1
           1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian experimental/main amd64 
Packages
  *** 1.12.12-1 500
         500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


On the other affected machine, dbus-user-session is installed but 
dbus-x11 isn't.

I have experimental repositories configured but I don't use them currently.


On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 19:35:42 -0300 Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org> 
wrote:> So, #923881 gives one reason why systemd --user might fail. Is your
> home directory set to a non-absolute path?

No, my home is the standard /home/julien.

> What could be helpful, is to provide the full journal from around the
> time you login. There should be something there signalling why your
> user instance is not starting.
> 
> ANother thing, easier to test, is to try to launch the user manager:
> `systemctl start user@$UID` . Does that work?

Indeed, this works. I hadn't thought to try this.

-- Logs begin at Fri 2019-03-01 10:13:47 CET, end at Thu 2019-03-07 
00:44:16 CET. --
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 1000...
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): 
session opened for user julien by (uid=0)
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic 
agent and passphrase cache.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Reached target Paths.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic 
agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers).
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Listening on Sound System.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Listening on GnuPG network 
certificate management daemon.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus 
Socket.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Reached target Timers.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic 
agent (ssh-agent emulation).
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic 
agent and passphrase cache (restricted).
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Listening on D-Bus User Message 
Bus Socket.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Reached target Sockets.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Reached target Basic System.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Reached target Default.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[30137]: Startup finished in 65ms.
Mar 07 00:40:20 treize systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 1000.

This creates /run/user/1000:
$ ls -al /run/user/1000
total 0
drwx------ 5 julien julien 120 Mar  7 00:40 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root   root    80 Mar  7 00:40 ../
srw-rw-rw- 1 julien julien   0 Mar  7 00:40 bus=
drwx------ 2 julien julien 140 Mar  7 00:40 gnupg/
drwxr-xr-x 2 julien julien  60 Mar  7 00:40 pulse/
drwxr-xr-x 2 julien julien  80 Mar  7 00:40 systemd/

Here is the lightdm journal on one of the machines where it is 
configured with autologin and kodi-standalone session:
-- Subject: A start job for unit lightdm.service has begun execution
-- A start job for unit lightdm.service has begun execution.
-- Subject: A start job for unit lightdm.service has finished successfully
-- A start job for unit lightdm.service has finished successfully.
Mar 07 00:50:32 totoro lightdm[1008]: 
pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session): session opened for user julien by 
(uid=0)
Mar 07 00:50:32 totoro lightdm[1008]: Failed to open CK session: 
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name 
org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit was not provided by any .service files

I can paste you the whole boot journal but I don't see anything 
interesting. dbus-daemon and systemd-user-sessions start successfully. I 
see no error at all except the lightdm one above.

Thanks a lot.

-- 
Julien Leproust