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Bug 787575 - gdm-40.0 fails to start. Cannot find /usr/libexec/gdm-wait-for drm
Summary: gdm-40.0 fails to start. Cannot find /usr/libexec/gdm-wait-for drm
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team
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Reported: 2021-05-01 22:59 UTC by Randy Tupas
Modified: 2021-05-02 18:33 UTC (History)
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Description Randy Tupas 2021-05-01 22:59:36 UTC 
Installed the latest gdm-40.0. Failed to start on missing plymouth service files and "failed to locate executable /usr/libexec/gdm-wait-for-drm: No such file or directory".

Added plymouth use flag to eliminate the missing plymouth service file, but gdm still fails on second error.
Comment 1 Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2021-05-02 14:29:22 UTC 
Strange. gdm-wait-for-drm was added by gnome-base/gdm/files/gdm-CanGraphical-wait.patch which also adds it to the .service file. That patch isn't applied in v40.0. Not sure how this could happen...

Oh, I wonder if you need to run systemd daemon-reload because it's trying to run the old service file?
Comment 2 Randy Tupas 2021-05-02 18:33:23 UTC 
Although rebooting my machine would reload the systemd daemon, your comment got me looking for a service file in my /etc/systemd/system directory. I found a gdm.service file there (don't recall how it got there) and deleted it. Problem solved. Thanks for the insight.