From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54945C8303F for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:13:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout12.t-online.de (mailout12.t-online.de [194.25.134.22]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.20640.1756386778050196768 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:12:58 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=none (message not signed); spf=pass (domain: t-online.de, ip: 194.25.134.22, mailfrom: f_l_k@t-online.de) Received: from fwd75.aul.t-online.de (fwd75.aul.t-online.de [10.223.144.101]) by mailout12.t-online.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 26B77F1B3; Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:12:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.178.36] ([84.154.170.236]) by fwd75.t-online.de with (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) esmtp id 1urcQw-1dUyFE0; Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:12:54 +0200 Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:12:48 +0200 From: Markus Volk Subject: Re: [oe] packagegroup-gnome-desktop is not a desktop To: mike.looijmans@topic.nl Cc: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org, "Mike Looijmans via lists.openembedded.org" Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <76eb2d12-a879-412c-8790-8f1993686e95@topic.nl> References: <1b153bce-a66a-45ee-a5c6-963ea6fb1c82.949ef384-8293-46b8-903f-40a477c056ae.13b3af35-2da3-4280-b2c7-1a64bf69f8ab@emailsignatures365.codetwo.com> <76eb2d12-a879-412c-8790-8f1993686e95@topic.nl> X-Mailer: geary/46.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-jhLBI5lDrUjLmUYQbc3F" X-TOI-EXPURGATEID: 150726::1756386774-C17F9A73-964167DD/0/0 CLEAN NORMAL X-TOI-MSGID: 9f6b685f-da00-4202-9071-66d128e40864 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:13:05 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-devel/message/119129 --=-jhLBI5lDrUjLmUYQbc3F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed On Thu, Aug 28 2025 at 14:39:44 +02:00:00, mike.looijmans@topic.nl wrote: > I now just end up with an image that has tons of "gnome" things > installed, but nothing really gets started and there's no clue as to > what should be running... gdm should be started automatically using systemd service: flk@intel-corei7-64:~$ sudo systemctl status gdm Password: * gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-08-28 15:01:08 CEST; 51s ago Invocation: fb3be9d01865490aa251ee2393f6d5b4 Main PID: 1111 (gdm) Tasks: 4 (limit: 154363) Memory: 5.5M (peak: 9.8M) CPU: 40ms CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service `-1111 /usr/sbin/gdm Which OpenEmbedded branch are you on? I remember sending corrections for starting gdm some time ago: I also build for gnome but that is far from being a tiny image: --=-jhLBI5lDrUjLmUYQbc3F Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Aug 28 2025 at 14:39:44 +02:00:= 00, mike.looijmans@topic.nl wrote:
I now just = end up with an image that has tons of "gnome" things installed, but nothing really gets started and there's no clue as to what should be running...

gdm should be started automatically using systemd se= rvice:
flk@intel-corei7-64:~$ sudo systemctl status gdm
Password: 
* gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
=      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; en= abled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (runni= ng) since Thu 2025-08-28 15:01:08 CEST; 51s ago
 Invocation:= fb3be9d01865490aa251ee2393f6d5b4
   Main PID: 1111 (gd= m)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 154363)
 =    Memory: 5.5M (peak: 9.8M)
      &nbs= p; CPU: 40ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.servic= e
             `-1111 /usr/sbi= n/gdm


--=-jhLBI5lDrUjLmUYQbc3F--