LFS10.1: Gnome session says 'Oops something went wrong'. Unable to start Gnome.

LinLuc · 05-25-2021, 08:16 PM

Hi All,
I am trying to install Gnome on my LFS 10.1 desktop. Unfortunately, when I try to start gnome-session, I get the message 'Oops something went wrong'. So far I do not get any fruther.

From the command prompt I try to start:
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 gnome-session

from Journalctl -b I see the following worrying message:
dbus-daemon[491]: [session uid=1000 pid=489] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.8' (uid=1000 pid=481 comm="/opt/gnome-10.1/libexec/gnome-sessio>
dbus-daemon[491]: [session uid=1000 pid=489] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
gnome-session-binary[481]: WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
gnome-session-binary[481]: WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.

Any suggesttions, how to get any fruther to the solution and getting gnome running on my desktop?

Luc

hazel · 05-26-2021, 11:23 AM

Have you tried doing what the error messages suggest?

It's a long time since I built LFS with systemd but istr you needed to reinstall systemd after adding the pam_systemd package.

LinLuc · 05-29-2021, 03:51 AM

Thanks Hazel. I thought I tried to recompile systemd already, but thought why not retry. Unfortunately it did not work. Same results.

I am rather new to Gnome. Thought, maybe I misunderstand how to start, therefore, I went on to install gdm and systemctl enable gdm. The boot process will hang at 'starting gdm' now.
I have spent quite a while on finding logs, where I can read the exact error messages of what goes wrong. No such a thing. Also do not see the error messages describes above anymore.

Is there an effective way how to find out why gdm is not starting. For your info, when I disable gdm, I can start X with a normal startx.

Luc

hazel · 05-29-2021, 05:51 AM

Does gdm itself produce any kind of log? You can check in /var/log and also in /~/.local. But I suspect that if you do find a log, it will just contain the same error messages as before. There's definitely some kind of disconnect between gdm, pam and systemd, but I don't know enough about any of them to go any further. I never use complex desktops like gnome for precisely that reason. I don't want stuff running on my machine that I can't understand.

Of course you could just continue to use startx

Keith Hedger · 05-30-2021, 06:13 AM

you could try a different login manager like lightdm, from personal experience i know some will workbut others wont

anak_bawang · 06-02-2021, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinLuc

Hi All,
...

Any suggesttions, how to get any fruther to the solution and getting gnome running on my desktop?

Luc

1. I usually start gnome from lxdm.

2. Starting Gnome from tty

Code:

XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 dbus-run-session gnome-session

change x11 to wayland to start gnome-wayland

It was working in BLFS-8.2, but it is not working for BLFS-9.1
I have not made it for BLFS-10.1 (just starting build Xorg), so I do not know the result.

3. using .xinitrc file

Code:

$ cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
> exec gnome-session
> EOF

$ startx

This (number 3) is the best method for me to run gnome from tty. Always work.