Re: trouble with tdm on debian/buster

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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)
  

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