On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 18:52:35 -0500 James D Freels <freelsjd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If I boot up under TDM (after running dpkg-reconfigure tdm-trinity first > to initiate TDM into the boot sequence), it starts fine, but > continuously hangs in the main console with one of the infamous systemd > problems wherein we get the "a startjob is running ..." and it NEVER > ends until rebooted. The TDM session appears to run fine, and I can > login and run TDE fine. However, because the vt1 console is never > ending waiting to complete, I have no other VT consoles. Essentially, I > have NO virtual consoles at all. Further, computer resources are always > wasted and never ends waiting for the the startup to completely finish. > This ONLY happens when booting up with TDM. > > I can bootup with LXDM or LIGHTDM and this does not happen. Further, I > can issue a "systemctl stop lightdm" or "systemctl stop lxdm" (depending > on which is running from the boot), then issue a "systemctl start > tdm-trinity" and TDM runs fine and there is not a never ending startjob > waiting to complete. So, it appears that TDM does not start in the same > order of the boot sequence as LXDM and/or LIGHTDM which is causing this > problem. > > It is at this point, where I need some help in how to fix it, and I > suspect that all debian/buster users may have the same issue, but not > sure of course. I hope I can help get his bug fixed before the final > release of TDE for buster. > I dont think its a bug in TDE, this looks like some systemd problem, so a steps to deal with systemd problems has to be followed. Starting with 'systemd-analyze blame' and 'systemd-analyze critical-chain'. -- Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@xxxxxxxxx) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting