[SOLVED] Lightdm: could not start the Display Manager

[JKosta]

I can't start lightdm:

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jribeiro@genkosta ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/xdm start
 * Setting up lightdm ...
/etc/X11/startDM.sh: line 22: get_options: command not found
/etc/X11/startDM.sh: line 23: get_options: command not found
/etc/X11/startDM.sh: line 24: get_options: command not found
/etc/X11/startDM.sh: line 25: get_options: command not found
start-stop-daemon: option '--exec' requires an argument
Usage: start-stop-daemon [options] 

Options: [I:KN:PR:Sa:bc:d:e:g:ik:mn:op:s:tu:r:w:x:1:2:ChqVv]
  -I, --ionice <arg>                Set an ionice class:data when starting
  -K, --stop                        Stop daemon
  -N, --nicelevel <arg>             Set a nicelevel when starting
  -R, --retry <arg>                 Retry schedule to use when stopping
  -S, --start                       Start daemon
  -a, --startas <arg>               deprecated, use --exec or --name
  -b, --background                  Force daemon to background
  -c, --chuid <arg>                 deprecated, use --user
  -d, --chdir <arg>                 Change the PWD
  -e, --env <arg>                   Set an environment string
  -k, --umask <arg>                 Set the umask for the daemon
  -g, --group <arg>                 Change the process group
  -i, --interpreted                 Match process name by interpreter
  -m, --make-pidfile                Create a pidfile
  -n, --name <arg>                  Match process name
  -o, --oknodo                      deprecated
  -p, --pidfile <arg>               Match pid found in this file
  -s, --signal <arg>                Send a different signal
  -t, --test                        Test actions, don't do them
  -u, --user <arg>                  Change the process user
  -r, --chroot <arg>                Chroot to this directory
  -w, --wait <arg>                  Milliseconds to wait for daemon start
  -x, --exec <arg>                  Binary to start/stop
  -1, --stdout <arg>                Redirect stdout to file
  -2, --stderr <arg>                Redirect stderr to file
  -P, --progress                    Print dots each second while waiting
  -h, --help                        Display this help output
  -C, --nocolor                     Disable color output
  -V, --version                     Display software version
  -v, --verbose                     Run verbosely
  -q, --quiet                       Run quietly (repeat to suppress errors)
 * ERROR: could not start the Display Manager

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jribeiro@genkosta ~ $ cat /etc/X11/startDM.sh 
#!/bin/sh
# Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/x11-apps/xinit/files/startDM.sh,v 1.5 2011/01/22 15:35:49 lxnay Exp $

# We need to source /etc/profile for stuff like $LANG to work
# bug #10190.
. /etc/profile

. /etc/init.d/functions.sh

# baselayout-1 compat
if ! type get_options >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
	[ -r "${svclib}"/sh/rc-services.sh ] && . "${svclib}"/sh/rc-services.sh
fi

# Great new Gnome2 feature, AA
# We enable this by default
export GDK_USE_XFT=1

export SVCNAME=xdm
EXEC="$(get_options service)"
NAME="$(get_options name)"
PIDFILE="$(get_options pidfile)"
START_STOP_ARGS="$(get_options start_stop_args)"

start-stop-daemon --start --exec ${EXEC} \
${NAME:+--name} ${NAME} ${PIDFILE:+--pidfile} ${PIDFILE} ${START_STOP_ARGS} || \
eerror "ERROR: could not start the Display Manager"

# vim:ts=4

Anyone knows how to fix this?

[eccerr0r]

How old is your system, is your machine clean with emerge --deep --update --pretend world? Is your openrc up to date? Are you using systemd?

Does /lib/rc/bin/get_options exist?

[JKosta]

eccerr0r,

My system is up to date.
I'm using openrc, now.


get_options does exist:

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jribeiro@genkosta ~ $ ls -l /lib/rc/bin/get_options
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mai 16 23:24 /lib/rc/bin/get_options -> /sbin/openrc

The error says "get_options: command not found" and indeed that command doesn't exist. If I type it in terminal I get "bash: get_options: command not found"

[Naib]

it probably appears not to exist because a normal user won't have: /lib/rc/bin/ or /sbin in their $PATH variable.
what happens when you execute: /lib/rc/bin/get_options

the startDM is meant to source the correct files to correctly setup the PATH variable

[JKosta]

I added /lib/rc/bin/ to ROOTPATH:

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jribeiro@genkosta ~ $ sudo bash -c 'echo "ROOTPATH=\"/lib/rc/bin\"" >/etc/env.d/99local'

It works, now.

Thanks to eccerr0r an Naib