[mythtv-users] NoDM stopped working when upgrading to Debian Buster

[Peter Carlsson]

On Sun, Dec 01, 2019 at 02:59:25PM +1300, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 21:13:30 +0100, you wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >When I upgraded my MythTV from Debian Stretch to Buster nodm stopped
> >working. I know this is not related to MythTV but I hope that someone
> >here can help me anyway.
> >
> >htpc:~# systemctl status nodm
> >? nodm.service - Display manager for automatic session logins
> >   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nodm.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled)
> >   Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-11-30 21:02:46 CET; 2min 10s ago
> >   Docs: man:nodm(8)
> >   Process: 20306 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/nodm" ] (code=exited, sta
> >   Main PID: 20308 (nodm)
> >   Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
> >   Memory: 26.7M
> >   CGroup: /system.slice/nodm.service
> >           ??20308 /usr/sbin/nodm
> >           ??20312 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg :0 -nolisten tcp vt7
> >
> >nov 30 21:02:46 htpc sh[20308]:         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
> >nov 30 21:02:46 htpc sh[20308]:         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> >nov 30 21:02:46 htpc sh[20308]: Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> >nov 30 21:02:46 htpc sh[20308]:         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> >nov 30 21:02:46 htpc sh[20308]:         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> >nov 30 21:02:46 htpc sh[20308]: (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 30 21:02:46 2019
> >nov 30 21:02:46 htpc sh[20308]: (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> >nov 30 21:02:46 htpc sh[20308]: (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> >nov 30 21:03:16 htpc nodm[20308]: X server did not respond after 30 seconds
> >nov 30 21:03:16 htpc nodm[20308]: sending X server 20312 the TERM signal
> >
> >Apart from this I can not see anything suspicious in the log files.
> >
> >Let me know if I should provide any additional information.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Peter Carlsson
> 
> I have never heard of nodm before, so I can not help with that.  But
> it should be possible to work around this problem by switching to
> using another display manager.  The standard setup for MythTV on
> Ubuntu uses an XFCE4 desktop and lightdm, and with that combination
> you can have it automatically log in and start mythfrontend.  I
> believe automatic login also works using XFCE4 and gdm, but if you
> want x11vnc to work use lightdm.

Thanks for the input. I have tried lightdm before but I remember
I felt nodm was easier to configure for auto login then lightdm.

I will see if I can find any more information in my log files.

/Peter