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Causes boot failure on Linux Mint 17 #2

Closed akstrfn closed 10 years ago

akstrfn commented 10 years ago

After installing infinality my system didn't boot. Problem was that Linux mint display manager (MDM) process couldn't start. I installed Gnome Display Manager (GDM) but system still didn't boot after that I reverted to MDM. I solved the problem by updating the process:

sudo update-rc.d -f mdm remove
sudo update-rc.d mdm defaults

hope this is the place to report this error :blush:

achaphiv commented 10 years ago

Wait, so are you using GDM or MDM?

akstrfn commented 10 years ago

I am using MDM but after seeing that it failed I have installed GDM which also failed to start during boot, so I installed MDM again and solved the problem in the mentioned way.

achaphiv commented 10 years ago

Does it still work if GDM is removed?

I don't use Linux Mint, but I've received several emails with this exact problem. So it would be nice to know the bare minimum needed to fix it.

akstrfn commented 10 years ago

Yes GMD is removed and is not installed by default on Linux Mint. Solution for MDM is the one that I posted which worked for me.

achaphiv commented 10 years ago

I've never encountered this, but this seems to be a problem with lightdm as well.

Thanks for the solution.

I've added a section to the README.

https://github.com/achaphiv/ppa-fonts/blob/1b3534ddc585e87845f2da56e1d544a405bea939/ppa/README.md#my-display-manager-stopped-working