Gdm does not start or anything really as far as display managers go i think there called when i start up my computer

[fj@whitewolf ~]$ sudo systemctl start gdm
[sudo] password for fj:
[fj@whitewolf ~]$ sudo systemctl status gdm
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-04-22 11:48:16 EDT; 52s ago
Main PID: 997 (gdm)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 8731)
Memory: 5.4M
CPU: 98ms
CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service
└─997 /usr/bin/gdm

Apr 22 11:48:16 whitewolf systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager…
Apr 22 11:48:16 whitewolf systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
Apr 22 11:48:20 whitewolf gdm-password][1337]: pam_systemd_home(gdm-password:auth): systemd-homed i>
Apr 22 11:48:20 whitewolf gdm-password][1337]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Apr 22 11:48:20 whitewolf gdm-password][1337]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open sessi>
Apr 22 11:48:21 whitewolf gdm-password][1337]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for u>
Apr 22 11:48:21 whitewolf gdm-password][1337]: pam_env(gdm-password:session): deprecated reading of>
Apr 22 11:48:21 whitewolf gdm-password][1337]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly and u>
Apr 22 11:48:32 whitewolf gdm[997]: Gdm: Child process -1032 was already dead.
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EDIT: systemctl set-default graphical.target fixed it for me

Try

sudo systemctl enable --now gdm.service

and see if you will get it going.

nice try didn’t work :slight_smile:

systemctl set-default graphical.target fixed it for me

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