gdm3 not starting into gnome

[Dennis Heuer]

On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 03:48:39 +0100
Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:

> >I installed the gnome package
> 
> So you installed https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/gnome ?

Guy, you ask me questions... I used synaptics, a tool from ubuntu,
isn't it? Insinde synaptics there is a package named "gnome", and that
I took!

> Instead of using a graphical package manager consider to use
> command line.
> 
> For testing purpose you could install
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/ubuntu-gnome-desktop .
> 
> Btw. https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/gnome-session contains the
> file /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop .

That was installed but not recon'ed by neither lightdm nor gdm3. Read my
first email again. I mentioned all that!


> JFTR the gnome-session packages for bionic provide a
> file /usr/share/xsessions/gnome-xorg.desktop .

What is JFTR? And what is "bionic"?

> 
> However, I wonder that you edited something to make GNOME the default
> DE. I never ever would use GNOME or E17, but I'm using lightdm on Arch
> Linux, as well as on Ubuntu Xenial. The last chosen session
> automatically becomes the default session for the next startup, so
> actually there is nothing you need to edit.

Normally, but in my case plain wrong! And I did not "edit something"
but "/var/lib/AccountsService/users/user", as was told so in a tutorial
at Ubuntu. Read my first email again!!!

> It's hard to understand what you actually did. For example, if you
> installed a metapackage and later removed it, autoremove should remove
> all dependencies.

I'd say that you don't even try! And, no, it did not!

> "The packages installed through a metapackage are marked automatically
> installed. Meaning, if the metapackage is removed, the package system
> will suggest them for autoremoval unless you mark them as manually
> installed. Although I believe that is not the case for metapackages
> installed at system setup, only for those installed later." -
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/679668/what-are-the-consequences-of-removing-metapackages
> 
> >Only, if he can't answer because he didn't touch that
> >subsystem, it's quite logical to ask here, isn't it???
> 
> No it isn't. It's irrational to install a distro that isn't official
> supported by this mailing list and then ask for support on this
> mailing list, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuUsersListFAQ#FAQ1 .

As you know that piece of system better, as it was left untouched. For
a user, yes, going to the source is very rational. A user doesn't know
your internal attitudes and borderlines. And, to be very clear about
this, you are a mess of a support!

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