org.freedesktop.login1.service references non-existant systemd-logind-launcher, gdm will not start

[Mercury]

debian/patches/debian-changes alters systemd-204/src/login/org.freedesktop.login1.service to exec /lib/systemd/systemd-logind-launch, instead of /bin/false.

systemd-logind-launch is in debian/, and the override_dh_install rule in debian/rules does an install.

Sadly, systemd-logind-launch is not listed in systemd-services.install, so it does not actually get built into the package.

The result is a Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 installation which will sit on the booting screen indefinitely, with gdm refusing to start.

This was not happening in 204-5ubuntu13, and is happening in 204-5ubuntu16.

Manually copiing systemd-logind-launch from the source package to /lib/systemd results in a booting system once more.

(Well, you could alawys switch VTs and login that way, but that is not all that useful for most people.)

The correct fix appears to simply be adding lib/system/systemd-logind-launch to debian/systemd/services.install in the source package.

Zephaniah E. Loss-Cutler-Hull.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: systemd-services 204-5ubuntu16 [modified: usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.login1.service]
Uname: Linux 3.14.0-f1-dirty x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Apr 3 23:52:24 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-16 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140226)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Mercury (warp-spam-launchpad)]

With 204-5ubuntu17 the package is still not shipping systemd-logind-launch, which is still referred to by /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.login1.service.

I'll have to retest to see if my system will boot properly without it, but even if so, that would be a change in impact, but not of the bug itself.

[أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) (aelmahmoudy)]

I just tested the fix reported by Mercury and it worked. Thanks !

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.