elementary OS Asked on January 6, 2022
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Session returned error code 1
I was attempting to install VNC Server via this walk-through, but this is where I went wrong (hindsight being 20/20):
sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies
I have created a new sudoer account, but I really want to get my original one working again. When I try to login to it, I see this:
Here is the last bit of my /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
file:
[+0.60s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.60s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
[+1.46s] DEBUG: Got signal 10 from process 808
[+1.46s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Got signal from X server :0
[+1.46s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Connecting to XServer :0
[+1.49s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Display server ready, starting session authentication
[+1.49s] DEBUG: Session pid=828: Started with service 'lightdm-greeter', username 'lightdm'
[+1.50s] DEBUG: Session pid=828: Authentication complete with return value 0: Success
[+1.50s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Session authenticated, running command
[+1.50s] DEBUG: Session pid=828: Running command /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-greeter-session /usr/sbin/io.elementary.greeter
[+1.50s] DEBUG: Creating shared data directory /var/lib/lightdm-data/lightdm
[+1.50s] DEBUG: Session pid=828: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/seat0-greeter.log
[+1.59s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
[+1.59s] DEBUG: Activating login1 session c1
[+1.59s] DEBUG: Seat seat0 changes active session to c1
[+1.59s] DEBUG: Session c1 is already active
[+1.90s] DEBUG: Greeter connected version=1.26.0 api=1 resettable=false
[+2.36s] DEBUG: Greeter start authentication for drewadmin
[+2.36s] DEBUG: Session pid=975: Started with service 'lightdm', username 'drewadmin'
[+2.37s] DEBUG: Session pid=975: Got 1 message(s) from PAM
[+2.37s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s)
[+87.80s] DEBUG: Cancel authentication
[+87.80s] DEBUG: Session pid=975: Sending SIGTERM
[+87.80s] DEBUG: Greeter start authentication for andrew
[+87.80s] DEBUG: Session pid=1122: Started with service 'lightdm', username 'andrew'
[+87.80s] DEBUG: Session pid=975: Terminated with signal 15
[+87.80s] DEBUG: Session: Failed during authentication
[+87.80s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Session stopped
[+87.81s] DEBUG: Session pid=1122: Got 1 message(s) from PAM
[+87.81s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s)
[+91.65s] DEBUG: Continue authentication
[+91.67s] DEBUG: Session pid=1122: Authentication complete with return value 0: Success
[+91.67s] DEBUG: Authenticate result for user andrew: Success
[+91.67s] DEBUG: User andrew authorized
[+91.68s] DEBUG: Greeter requests session xfce
[+91.68s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Failed to find session configuration xfce
[+91.68s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Can't find session 'xfce'
[+97.60s] DEBUG: Greeter start authentication for andrew
[+97.60s] DEBUG: Session pid=1126: Started with service 'lightdm', username 'andrew'
[+97.61s] DEBUG: Session pid=1126: Got 1 message(s) from PAM
[+97.61s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s)
[+106.43s] DEBUG: Seat seat0 changes active session to
So, my question is how can I stop lightdm from trying to use xfce? I already tried apt purge
it, but it was apparently not enough.
Final update: I have deleted Elementary OS from this machine and installed Ubuntu instead. As such I will never know what the fix was, or if this was fixable. Sorry
Developers who make Elementary OS rather do not use this forum, so complaining has totally no sense, because noone is able to solve the issue permanently. You can remove lightdm. If you will ask Google how to remove lightdm in Elementary OS Hera or Juno, you will find the answer. Besides the Elementary OS is Ubuntu/Debian based so solutions from these distros should work, but not always.
sudo apt purge lightdm
sudo apt install pantheon-xsession-settings
cd
sudo rm -rf .Xauthority
sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
Change:
WaylandEnable=true
to:
WaylandEnable=false
save changes and exit nano. Then type:
sudo reboot
Answered by Sysadmin on January 6, 2022
I didn't install any shells. Just did an update 5.0 to 5.1 and after reboot have the same situation and search session 'pantheon'
[+0.95s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Failed to find session configuration pantheon
[+0.95s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Can't find session 'pantheon'
[+0.95s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Creating greeter session
Answered by user19805 on January 6, 2022
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