On 10/29/24 17:27, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
Fedora 39
systemd-254.19-1.fc39.x86_64 (provides systemd-sysusers)
I can not get lightdm to start Xfc or MATE. After
entering my password into the greeter, I get a black
screen with a mouse pointer, then back to the greeter.
When I start lighdm, it see
Failed to start systemd-sysuses.service
So I need to fix that before going further with lightdm
troubleshooting.
From my working FC41 virtual machine (Xfce, MATE, lightdm),
as a base line in troubleshooting, this is what it is
support to look like:
$ systemctl status systemd-sysusers
○ systemd-sysusers.service - Create System Users
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-
sysusers.service; static)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2024-10-29 15:16:01 PDT;
18min ago
Duration: 1.152s
Invocation: ca24eb4ee687400ca481db82053345c2
Condition: start condition unmet at Tue 2024-10-29 15:16:03 PDT;
18min ago
├─ ConditionNeedsUpdate=|/etc was not met
└─ ConditionCredential=|sysusers.extra was not met
Docs: man:sysusers.d(5)
man:systemd-sysusers.service(8)
Main PID: 285 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
$ systemctl list-dependencies systemd-sysusers
systemd-sysusers.service
● └─system.slice
This is what I get with FC39:
# systemctl start systemd-sysusers
<nothing>
# systemctl status systemd-sysusers
× systemd-sysusers.service - Create System Users
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-
sysusers.service; static)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-10-29
13:44:43 PDT; 3h 16min>
Condition: start condition unmet at Tue 2024-10-29 13:55:45 PDT;
3h 5min ago
├─ ConditionNeedsUpdate=|/etc was not met
└─ ConditionCredential=|sysusers.extra was not met
Docs: man:sysusers.d(5)
man:systemd-sysusers.service(8)
Main PID: 292 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 7ms
Oct 29 13:45:00 rn6.foobar.local systemd[1]: systemd-
sysusers.service - Create>
Oct 29 13:45:01 rn6.foobar.local systemd[1]: systemd-
sysusers.service - Create>
Oct 29 13:55:45 rn6.foobar.local systemd[1]: systemd-
sysusers.service - Create>
Notice: journal has been rotated since unit was started, output may
be incomplete.
$ systemctl list-dependencies systemd-sysusers
systemd-sysusers.service
● └─system.slice
# systemctl status system.slice
● system.slice - System Slice
Loaded: loaded
Active: active since Tue 2024-10-29 13:44:43 PDT; 3h 32min ago
A tail on starting the service:
# journalctl -efx -t systemd
Oct 29 17:20:19 rn6.foobar.local systemd[1]: systemd-
sysusers.service - Create System Users was skipped because no trigger
condition checks were met.
Subject: A start job for unit systemd-sysusers.service has finished
successfully
Defined-By: systemd
Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
A start job for unit systemd-sysusers.service has finished
successfully.
The job identifier is 9388.
Oct 29 17:20:20 rn6.foobar.local systemd[2843]: Started dbus-:1.2-
org.xfce.Xfconf@5.service.
Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has finished successfully
Defined-By: systemd
Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
A start job for unit UNIT has finished successfully.
Hmmm successful. Ha!
Main PID: 292 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
How do I fix this?
-T
Cancel the request. It is an issue with lightdm. I replace
it with lxdm and problems solved.
I am stuck in the "endless loop" problem that is plaguing
lightdm users. I have searched my ass off an everyone
with the issue can not find a cure.
So I disabled lightdm and installed lxdm. It ain't as pretty
BUT IT WORKS!!!!
I even have autologin configured. And it lets me
switch back and forth between Xfce and MATE.
My keeper on lxdm:
lxdm auto login:
# vi /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
[base]
## uncomment and set autologin username to enable autologin
# autologin=todd
autologin=todd
## default session or desktop used when no systemwide config
# session=/usr/bin/startlxde
session=/usr/bin/startxfce4
-T
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