LightDM fails to start on Upstart based systems
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Light Display Manager |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
systems purged of systemd via
apt-get install upstart-sysv sysvinit-utils -y
update-initramfs -u
reboot
System now uses Upstart to boot.
sudo apt-get install lightdm
brings in about 30+ and 247MB worth of packages, but OK...
installs, asks to reconfigure, select lightDM over sddm
reboot
Comes to a CLI console during boot
if you login to the console an error from logind (????? this is an UPSTART SYSTEM!) about can't find file can't start service unknown
If you check /etc/X11/
/usr/sbin/lightdm
if you do
sudo service lightdm start
lightdm comes up
enter credentials
when you hit enter after password
"Could not load session"
Can't install KDM to replace it due to dependencies no longer met and package not in 16.0.4.1, used last package available from launchpad.
Can't run XDMCP as sddm does not provide proper X manager login services.
Kubuntu 16.04.1 fully updated
Expect to have a login manager to start local or remote (XDMC) X sessions.
Can you attach /var/log/ lightdm/ lightdm. log after this occurs?
It should work fine with upstart...