Can't switch to gdm3 using sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
I was looking for a way to switch to gdm3 from lightdm, when I found this answer.
So I tried to apply it, and entered sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3, then a selection screen appeared with 2 options: gdm3 and lightdm. It was the same screen that appeared during the installation of GNOME (using sudo apt install ubuntu-gnome-desktop && gnome-shell). I choose gdm3 then pressed Enter, then I got this error:
gdm.service is not active, cannot reload.
invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed.
Any ideas?
UPDATE
It turns out that it just required a reboot to work.
But I still want to know the meaning of that error I got. Does anyone have any explanation?
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I was looking for a way to switch to gdm3 from lightdm, when I found this answer.
So I tried to apply it, and entered sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3, then a selection screen appeared with 2 options: gdm3 and lightdm. It was the same screen that appeared during the installation of GNOME (using sudo apt install ubuntu-gnome-desktop && gnome-shell). I choose gdm3 then pressed Enter, then I got this error:
gdm.service is not active, cannot reload.
invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed.
Any ideas?
UPDATE
It turns out that it just required a reboot to work.
But I still want to know the meaning of that error I got. Does anyone have any explanation?
lightdm gdm display-manager
edited 8 mins ago
d a i s y
3,30782344
asked Jul 24 '17 at 19:52
TooniisTooniis
447626
add a comment |
I was looking for a way to switch to gdm3 from lightdm, when I found this answer.
So I tried to apply it, and entered sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3, then a selection screen appeared with 2 options: gdm3 and lightdm. It was the same screen that appeared during the installation of GNOME (using sudo apt install ubuntu-gnome-desktop && gnome-shell). I choose gdm3 then pressed Enter, then I got this error:
gdm.service is not active, cannot reload.
invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed.
Any ideas?
UPDATE
It turns out that it just required a reboot to work.
But I still want to know the meaning of that error I got. Does anyone have any explanation?
lightdm gdm display-manager
edited 8 mins ago
d a i s y
3,30782344
asked Jul 24 '17 at 19:52
TooniisTooniis
447626
I was looking for a way to switch to gdm3 from lightdm, when I found this answer.
So I tried to apply it, and entered sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3, then a selection screen appeared with 2 options: gdm3 and lightdm. It was the same screen that appeared during the installation of GNOME (using sudo apt install ubuntu-gnome-desktop && gnome-shell). I choose gdm3 then pressed Enter, then I got this error:
gdm.service is not active, cannot reload.
invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm3, action "reload" failed.
Any ideas?
UPDATE
It turns out that it just required a reboot to work.
But I still want to know the meaning of that error I got. Does anyone have any explanation?
lightdm gdm display-manager
lightdm gdm display-manager
edited 8 mins ago
d a i s y
3,30782344
asked Jul 24 '17 at 19:52
TooniisTooniis
447626
edited 8 mins ago
d a i s y
3,30782344
asked Jul 24 '17 at 19:52
TooniisTooniis
447626
edited 8 mins ago
d a i s y
3,30782344
edited 8 mins ago
d a i s y
3,30782344
edited 8 mins ago
d a i s y
3,30782344
3,30782344
asked Jul 24 '17 at 19:52
TooniisTooniis
447626
asked Jul 24 '17 at 19:52
TooniisTooniis
447626
asked Jul 24 '17 at 19:52
TooniisTooniis
447626
447626
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Just reboot and you should be running gdm3.
The error that you're receiving just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 19:56
heynnemaheynnema
18.3k22054
woah it was that simple :D Thanks.
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:01
do you know what that error means though?
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:04
1
It just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it. Kind of a bogus error.
– heynnema
Jul 24 '17 at 20:05
this didn't work for me
– trust_words
Dec 29 '18 at 19:16
@trust_words please start a new question and we'll try and help you.
– heynnema
Dec 29 '18 at 20:46
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Just reboot and you should be running gdm3.
The error that you're receiving just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 19:56
heynnemaheynnema
18.3k22054
woah it was that simple :D Thanks.
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:01
do you know what that error means though?
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:04
1
It just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it. Kind of a bogus error.
– heynnema
Jul 24 '17 at 20:05
this didn't work for me
– trust_words
Dec 29 '18 at 19:16
@trust_words please start a new question and we'll try and help you.
– heynnema
Dec 29 '18 at 20:46
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Just reboot and you should be running gdm3.
The error that you're receiving just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 19:56
heynnemaheynnema
18.3k22054
woah it was that simple :D Thanks.
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:01
do you know what that error means though?
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:04
1
It just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it. Kind of a bogus error.
– heynnema
Jul 24 '17 at 20:05
this didn't work for me
– trust_words
Dec 29 '18 at 19:16
@trust_words please start a new question and we'll try and help you.
– heynnema
Dec 29 '18 at 20:46
add a comment |
Just reboot and you should be running gdm3.
The error that you're receiving just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 19:56
heynnemaheynnema
18.3k22054
Just reboot and you should be running gdm3.
The error that you're receiving just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 19:56
heynnemaheynnema
18.3k22054
edited Jan 4 at 20:51
answered Jul 24 '17 at 19:56
heynnemaheynnema
18.3k22054
answered Jul 24 '17 at 19:56
heynnemaheynnema
18.3k22054
answered Jul 24 '17 at 19:56
heynnemaheynnema
18.3k22054
18.3k22054
woah it was that simple :D Thanks.
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:01
do you know what that error means though?
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:04
1
It just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it. Kind of a bogus error.
– heynnema
Jul 24 '17 at 20:05
this didn't work for me
– trust_words
Dec 29 '18 at 19:16
@trust_words please start a new question and we'll try and help you.
– heynnema
Dec 29 '18 at 20:46
add a comment |
woah it was that simple :D Thanks.
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:01
do you know what that error means though?
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:04
1
It just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it. Kind of a bogus error.
– heynnema
Jul 24 '17 at 20:05
this didn't work for me
– trust_words
Dec 29 '18 at 19:16
@trust_words please start a new question and we'll try and help you.
– heynnema
Dec 29 '18 at 20:46
woah it was that simple :D Thanks.
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:01
woah it was that simple :D Thanks.
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:01
do you know what that error means though?
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:04
do you know what that error means though?
– Tooniis
Jul 24 '17 at 20:04
1
1
It just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it. Kind of a bogus error.
– heynnema
Jul 24 '17 at 20:05
It just means that gdm3 wasn't already running, so it couldn't reload it. Kind of a bogus error.
– heynnema
Jul 24 '17 at 20:05
this didn't work for me
– trust_words
Dec 29 '18 at 19:16
this didn't work for me
– trust_words
Dec 29 '18 at 19:16
@trust_words please start a new question and we'll try and help you.
– heynnema
Dec 29 '18 at 20:46
@trust_words please start a new question and we'll try and help you.
– heynnema
Dec 29 '18 at 20:46
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