[OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana live USB image does not start LightDM or X

[Thom Holwerda]

Hi everyone,


Over the past year or so, I've tried several Hipster live USB images on a wide variety of computers, but they all fail in the exact same way: graphical-login/lightdm fails when trying to boot the live USB image. Intel, NVIDIA, AMD - it doesn't matter what type of machine I try.

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openindiana svc.startd[8]; application/graphical-login/lightdm: default failed: transitioned to maintenance (see 'svcs -xv' for details)
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The log always shows the same thing: failed to get list of logind seats, followed by something about the name org.freedesktop.login1 not being provided by any service files.

I've tried starting X directly, but that just fails with no screens found. This exact same error flow happens on old and new hardware, regardless of brand of CPU or GPU, and on all the past few Hipster images. I've made sure downloaded images have the correct checksum, followed the exact image writing instructions from the handbook, used different USB sticks - and none of it makes a difference.

Any help that could point me into any direction would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,


Thom Holwerda