Fwd: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first reboot, cannot recover graphical login

From	Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
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Subject	Fwd: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first reboot, cannot recover graphical login
Date	2016-04-07 12:20 +0200
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I just realized I didn't post my reply to the list.

-Tom

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Tom Browder* <tom.browder@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Subject: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first
reboot, cannot recover graphical login
To: arian <debian@semioptimal.net>


On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:26 PM, arian <debian@semioptimal.net <javascript:;>>
wrote:
> please retrieve the actual logs from
> # journalctl -u lightdm

Output of "journalctl -u lightdm" follows:

# journalctl -u lightdm
-- Logs begin at Tue 2016-04-05 16:50:35 CDT, end at Tue 2016-04-05
17:51:15 CDT. --
Apr 05 16:50:46 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:46 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed
state.
Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed
state.
Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:47 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed
state.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed
state.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed
state.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: lightdm.service start request
repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Light Display Manager.
Apr 05 16:50:48 juvat2 systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state

Thanks, arian.

Best,

-Tom

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Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first  reboot, cannot recover graphical login Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 00:30 +0200
  Re: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first  reboot, cannot recover graphical login arian <debian@semioptimal.net> - 2016-04-06 00:30 +0200
    Fwd: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first  reboot, cannot recover graphical login Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 12:20 +0200

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