On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 22:33:22 +0100
deloptes <deloptes@...> wrote:

> James D Freels wrote:
> 
> > It is at this point, where I need some help in how to fix it, and I
> > suspect that all debian/buster users may have the same issue, but not
> > sure of course.� I hope I can help get his bug fixed before the final
> > release of TDE for buster.
> > 
> > Thanks again.
> > 
> > Jim Freels, PhD (retired)
> 
> I am amazed that no one suggested following:
> 
> There is a known bug related to systemd in /lib/systemd/system/tdm.service
> Just comment out the Conflicts line
> 
> $ cat /lib/systemd/system/tdm.service
> [Unit]
> Description=Trinity Display Manager
> Documentation=man:tdm-trinity(1)
> #Conflicts=getty@... plymouth-quit.service
> After=systemd-user-sessions.service getty@...
> plymouth-quit.service
> 
> [Service]
> # temporary safety check until all DMs are converted to correct
> # display-manager.service symlink handling
> ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '[ "$(basename
> $(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null))" = "tdm" ]'
> ExecStart=/opt/trinity/bin/tdm
> Restart=always
> 

This a hacky solution that can theoretically led to problems
(afaik depending on video drivers used plymouth could prevent Xorg from
starting). The source of the problem here is that tdm doesn't correctly
signal to plymouth to quit. So correct action is to disable/uninstall
plymouth, not to edit tdm.service


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  Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@...)