Bug 2009795 - GDM fails to appear, hangs at Fedora logo: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not activate remote peer
Summary: GDM fails to appear, hangs at Fedora logo: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.E...
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: 38
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-10-01 15:25 UTC by RobbieTheK
Modified: 2023-02-07 14:52 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2022-06-08 00:49:44 UTC
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Description RobbieTheK 2021-10-01 15:25:21 UTC
gdm-40.1-1.fc34.x86_64,  5.13.19-200.fc34.x86_64, running NIS, after a reboot the screen hangs at a Fedora log, and in our case, a Dell logo. ssh works remotely. ctl-alt-F2 brings a blinking cursor. Graphics card is: VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 (rev 04)

The error I see is Gdm: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: Failed to issue method call: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not activate remote peer.

Some other errors from the journal:

Sep 30 16:36:53 ourdomain.edu systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
Sep 30 16:36:53 ourdomain.edu systemd[1]: Received SIGRTMIN+21 from PID 421 (plymouthd).
Sep 30 16:36:53 ourdomain.edu dbus-broker-launch[2274]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.login1' failed.
Sep 30 16:36:53 ourdomain.edu systemd[1]: tmp-autoMl9z9k.mount: Deactivated successfully.
Sep 30 16:36:53 ourdomain.edu systemd[1]: Started Automounts filesystems on demand.
Sep 30 16:36:53 ourdomain.edu systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler.
Sep 30 16:36:54 ourdomain.edu systemd[1]: tmp-autoDp56eM.mount: Deactivated successfully.

Sep 30 16:39:31 ourdomain.edu dbus-broker-launch[2274]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.login1' failed.
Sep 30 16:39:31 ourdomain.edu sshd[2879]: pam_systemd(sshd:session): Failed to create session: Could not activate remote peer.

Should this be filed upstream?

I figured out a work around that may help others.
1. set nouveau.modeset=0 in /etc/default/grub and run grub2-mkconfig to regenerate
2. Install LightDM along with lightdm-gtk-greeter
3. Create a new drop in file, e.g., /etc/systemd/system/lightdm.service.d/fixes.conf containing:
Type=dbus
RestartSec=10s
ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 5
4. Disable GDM
5. Enable/start LightDM

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2022-05-12 16:32:11 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 34 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 34 on 2022-06-07.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
'version' of '34'.

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prior to this bug being closed.

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2022-06-08 00:49:44 UTC
Fedora Linux 34 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2022-06-07.

Fedora Linux 34 is no longer maintained, which means that it
will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we
are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you
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current release.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 3 do.siekierskipd 2022-06-18 06:36:41 UTC
The problem still occurs. Fedora 36 Workstation won't shut down


cze 18 08:11:11 lenovo gdm[1170]: Gdm: Failed to list cached users: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not activate remote peer: activation request failed: a concurrent deactivation request is already in progress.
cze 18 08:11:11 lenovo systemd[1]: gdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
cze 18 08:11:11 lenovo systemd[1]: gdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
cze 18 08:11:11 lenovo gnome-shell[2472]: Could not release device '/dev/input/event9' (13,73): GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Remote peer disconnected
cze 18 08:11:11 lenovo systemd[1]: Stopped gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager.
cze 18 08:11:11 lenovo systemd[1]: gdm.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.
cze 18 08:11:11 lenovo systemd[1]: Requested transaction contradicts existing jobs: Transaction for plymouth-quit.service/start is destructive (system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice has 'stop' job queued, but 'start' is included in transaction).
cze 18 08:11:11 lenovo audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=gdm comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'


Host: IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 
Kernel: 5.18.5-200.fc36.x86_64
CPU: 11th Gen Intel i5-11300H
GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] 
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (nvidia 510.68.02)

Comment 4 David Hill 2022-09-20 18:54:45 UTC
This happens on the latest rawhide .  Is gdm deprecated ?

Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2023-02-07 14:52:29 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 38 development cycle.
Changing version to 38.


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