# journalctl -b -u tdm -- Logs begin at Sat 2019-06-22 02:01:13 EDT, end at Fri 2020-02-21 02:23:16 EST. -- Feb 21 02:22:42 p5bse systemd[1]: Started The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:43 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 21 02:22:43 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 21 02:22:43 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. Feb 21 02:22:43 p5bse systemd[1]: Stopped The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:43 p5bse systemd[1]: Started The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:43 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 21 02:22:43 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: Stopped The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: Started The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: Stopped The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: Started The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: Stopped The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: Started The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: Stopped The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 21 02:22:44 p5bse systemd[1]: Failed to start The Trinity login manager. # systemctl status tdm ● tdm.service - The Trinity login manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tdm.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2020-02-21 02:40:49 EST; 1min 10s ago Process: 568 ExecStart=/opt/trinity/bin/kdm (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 568 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CPU: 6ms
Feb 21 02:40:49 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Feb 21 02:40:49 p5bse systemd[1]: Stopped The Trinity login manager. Feb 21 02:40:49 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Feb 21 02:40:49 p5bse systemd[1]: tdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 21 02:40:49 p5bse systemd[1]: Failed to start The Trinity login manager.
Startx won't successfully start a TDE session, but it will an IceWM session. Xorg.0.log contains no EE clues, and there is no ~/.xsession-errors. PC is about 12 years old, Core2Duo.
Any suggestions how to debug this?