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nexus511 / gpd-ubuntu-packages

This repository shall provide the base for building ubuntu packages from most of the patches currently used to get linux on the gpd-pocket.
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Can't boot gnome #21

Open psrb191921 opened 7 years ago

psrb191921 commented 7 years ago

Subj, just hangs on boot. On ctrl+alt+f1 - it hangs in forever "A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up" Started in safe mode, choosing "network" causes "unknown group power in message bus configuration file"

genghisnico13 commented 7 years ago

I can confirm that after installing Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.3 this happens. The installer works fine. when you boot after installing the gnome boot screen freezes when it rotates and sometimes you cant access the virtual terminals displaying the message that psrb191921 mentioned. On another boot I was able to enter one of the terminals and login, I updated everything and installed gpdpocket but everything is the same. If I find a solution i will post it here. I am relatively new to linux but I believe this kind of errors appear in journalctl so here its mine: journal.txt

Thank you for taking the time to create these images.

genghisnico13 commented 7 years ago

if you delete this file /var/lib/gdm3/.config/monitors.xml it starts, the login screen is sideways, but this seems to be the problem.

nexus511 commented 7 years ago

Okay. Than we have to roll the change back.

You should be able to fix the rotation on the login screen by going to the display configuration and change the orientation once to normal and than to right again. This should update the rotation for gdm3 again.

psrb191921 commented 7 years ago

Deleting /var/lib/gdm3/.config/monitors.xml does not help

genghisnico13 commented 7 years ago

I also deleted /etc/skel/.config/monitors.xml before deleting it from the gdm3 folder but it wasn't enough to boot. maybe you could try deleting it as well, its possible that it was also causing problems. those are the only changes I made, besides updating and installing gpdpocket.

nexus511 commented 7 years ago

@genghisnico13 just randomly deleting files for your system is not a good idea. Files in /etc/skel are not used to configure gdm3 in any way. Those are only copied to the user-directory, if a new user is created on the system.

Deleting files from /etc/skel that are provided by my packages will break upstream updates, when I update the packages.

If you think that the monitors.xml is a problem, you should rather go to ~/.config/monitors.xml and check, if this does cause the trouble.

genghisnico13 commented 7 years ago

I know, I have a backup of them, it was a quick and dirty way of making it work (it was the day I received my Pocket). I was telling psrb191921 everything I did so that he can start using it. eventually I will try to figure out what is failing or causing problems in the file, but this way you at least can boot and use it.

genghisnico13 commented 7 years ago

I tried restoring the files to their original locations and it worked fine, so I suppose the problem is only during the first boot?