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Hello,
before two weeks I have installed Mint 15 KDE 64bit. Yesterday I have started machine and from nothing X server doesn't start...after restart system is waiting into command line in login status. I am writing user and password and to I can start X server I have to use command "startx". Can anybody help if know, how to make to system start automatically into graphical mode (with X server) ....?
Thank You
Regards ZAJDAN

I ran into this same problem and have no idea why it occurred, but I did figure out the issue.

MDM (the graphical logon manager) was no longer installed. So here is how I fixed it:
1) Log into with the console login provided
2) run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mdm
3) type in your password when sudo asks you for it
4) reboot

This brought me back to the graphical login.

Now, I have installed linuxmint 15 cinnamon 4 times now and this has occured 4 times. Each time it occurred after a reboot and given that this is during a system install on each time, lots of things were done. Below is the least that I did on a system before I ran into the issue in case somebody in the support branch want to track this down:

My Hardware: Asus N53SV
Hard drive is partitioned by Mint with Windows 8 on 1/2 and Mint on 1/2
1) install mint 15 Cinnamon
2) apply updates
3) install Wine q4wine, q4wine i386, wine-gecko1.4 and winetricks via mint software manager
4) use winetricks to install .Net 2.0
5) install Quicken 2012 Cash Manager via Wine
6) install AeroFS deb from aerofs's website
7) Then I was in the process of setting up Quicken and forgot to put it into a virtual desktop... which means that I didnt have a way to shutdown linux other than hard-down (holding power button)
On reboot, text-only logon

I am guessing that one of the packages installs above or updates somehow removed the MDM package and on my crash/reboot, linux functioned... it booted to a text logon without MDM.

Hope this helps others
Lance

Okay, curiosity got the better of me and I started digging... Found the below in /var/log/apt/history.log. I am not sure exactly which insallation caused the removal of mdm shown below but if I had to guess... You see my installation of q4wine:amd64. Then the next line is my (mistake) installation of q4wine:i386... and in that one.. it removed MDM..

I would count this as a bug.. No package install via the Software Manager should be able to break a system like this. It seems to me that this is a dependancy issue in the q4wine or some other downstream package that is incompatible with MDM.

Having said all that, I have not gone and did a clean-install replicaiton of the below, but I expect those working on the bug (if anybody does) it is simple to replicate.

Start-Date: 2013-09-24 10:58:01
Install: q4wine:amd64 (1.0-r2-1)
End-Date: 2013-09-24 10:58:11

Start-Date: 2013-09-24 11:00:09
Install: kubuntu-debug-installer:amd64 (13.04ubuntu3, automatic), qapt-batch:amd64 (2.0.0-0ubuntu1, automatic), libpam0g:i386 (1.1.3-8ubuntu2, automatic), virtuoso-minimal:amd64 (6.1.6+repack-0ubuntu2, automatic), libqca2:amd64 (2.0.3-4, automatic), libqt4-declarative:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libqt4-qt3support:amd64 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libkxmlrpcclient4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libpolkit-qt-1-1:amd64 (0.103.0-1build1, automatic), libknewstuff3-4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libvirtodbc0:amd64 (6.1.6+repack-0ubuntu2, automatic), libkdeclarative5:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libxml2-utils:amd64 (2.9.0+dfsg1-4ubuntu4.3, automatic), libnepomukquery4a:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), nepomuk-core-data:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libqt4-script:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libqt4-network:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libqt4-dbus:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libthreadweaver4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkdecore5:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), phonon:amd64 (4.7.0really4.6.0-0ubuntu2, automatic), libnepomukutils4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libktexteditor4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkmediaplayer4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), docbook-xsl:amd64 (1.76.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1, automatic), oxygen-icon-theme:amd64 (4.10.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.1~ubuntu13.04, automatic), plasma-scriptengine-javascript:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkrosscore4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libpoppler-qt4-4:amd64 (0.20.5-1ubuntu3, automatic), libkactivities-bin:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), virtuoso-opensource-6.1-bin:amd64 (6.1.6+repack-0ubuntu2, automatic), libmysqlclient18:i386 (5.5.32-0ubuntu0.13.04.1, automatic), libsolid4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libdlrestrictions1:amd64 (0.15.3ubuntu8, automatic), libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libqt4-sql-sqlite:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libnepomuk4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libsoprano4:amd64 (2.9.0+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), virtuoso-opensource-6.1-common:amd64 (6.1.6+repack-0ubuntu2, automatic), libattica0.4:amd64 (0.4.1-1, automatic), libkdnssd4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkparts4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), kde-runtime-data:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libqapt2:amd64 (2.0.0-0ubuntu1, automatic), shared-desktop-ontologies:amd64 (0.10.0-1, automatic), kdoctools:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkactivities6:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libqtcore4:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), sudo:i386 (1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3, automatic), libkidletime4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), katepart:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libqapt2-runtime:amd64 (2.0.0-0ubuntu1, automatic), libpam-modules:i386 (1.1.3-8ubuntu2, automatic), libkcmutils4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libntrack0:amd64 (016-1.1, automatic), soprano-daemon:amd64 (2.9.0+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), q4wine:i386 (1.0-r2-1), libqt4-sql:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libkfile4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkpty4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libphonon4:amd64 (4.7.0really4.6.0-0ubuntu2, automatic), libqt4-xml:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libkntlm4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libplasma3:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), phonon-backend-gstreamer:amd64 (4.7.0really4.6.3-0ubuntu1, automatic), libkemoticons4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libnepomukcore4abi1:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), ntrack-module-libnl-0:amd64 (016-1.1, automatic), kdelibs-bin:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkdewebkit5:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libqtgui4:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), kde-runtime:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkjsembed4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), nepomuk-core:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkio5:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkjsapi4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libstreams0:amd64 (0.7.7-3ubuntu2, automatic), libntrack-qt4-1:amd64 (016-1.1, automatic), kdelibs5-data:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 (4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4, automatic), libkde3support4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libaudio2:i386 (1.9.3-5, automatic), libknotifyconfig4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libaudit1:i386 (2.2.2-1ubuntu4, automatic), libkactivities-models1:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), kdelibs5-plugins:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkhtml5:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkdeui5:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), mysql-common:amd64 (5.5.32-0ubuntu0.13.04.1, automatic), libkdesu5:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libkatepartinterfaces4:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libmng1:i386 (1.0.10-3build1, automatic), kate-data:amd64 (4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1, automatic), libstreamanalyzer0:amd64 (0.7.7-3ubuntu2, automatic)
Remove: mint-meta-cinnamon:amd64 (2013.05.27), gdebi:amd64 (0.9~exp2), nemo-share:amd64 (1.8.0+olivia), ubuntu-minimal:amd64 (1.299), sudo:amd64 (1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3), mdm:amd64 (1.2.5+olivia), q4wine:amd64 (1.0-r2-1), apturl:amd64 (0.4.1ubuntu4.1mint2), gksu:amd64 (2.0.2-6ubuntu2), mintwelcome:amd64 (1.4.7), aptoncd:amd64 (0.1.98+bzr117-1.2)
End-Date: 2013-09-24 11:02:39


Thanks
Lance

Okay, I reinstalled from DVD Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon 64-bit and did nothing else but open a terminal window and type: sudo apt-get install q4wine:i386 and sure enough it tries to uninstall mdm.

I have submitted a bug for this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1229840

lrissman@lrissman-N53SV ~ $ sudo apt-get install q4wine:i386
[sudo] password for lrissman:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
docbook-xsl fonts-horai-umefont fonts-unfonts-core gcc-4.7-base:i386
icoutils imagemagick imagemagick-common libasn1-8-heimdal libasound2
libaudio2:i386 libaudit1:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libc6:i386 libcomerr2:i386
libcups2:i386 libdb5.1:i386 libdbus-1-3 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdrm-intel1
libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 libegl1-mesa libencode-locale-perl
libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libfile-listing-perl libfont-afm-perl
libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgcrypt11
libgcrypt11:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26
libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal
libhcrypto4-heimdal libheimbase1-heimdal libheimntlm0-heimdal
libhtml-form-perl libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl
libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl libhttp-cookies-perl
libhttp-daemon-perl libhttp-date-perl libhttp-message-perl
libhttp-negotiate-perl libhx509-5-heimdal libice6:i386 libio-socket-ssl-perl
libjbig0:i386 libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-26-heimdal libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386
liblcms1:i386 libldap-2.4-2 liblqr-1-0 liblwp-mediatypes-perl
liblwp-protocol-https-perl liblzma5:i386 libmagickcore5 libmagickcore5-extra
libmagickwand5 libmng1:i386 libmysqlclient18:i386 libnet-http-perl
libnet-ssleay-perl libnetpbm10 libnss-winbind libodbc1 libp11-kit0:i386
libpam-modules:i386 libpam-winbind libpam0g:i386 libpcre3:i386
libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative
libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-designer libqt4-help libqt4-network
libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-script:i386
libqt4-scripttools libqt4-sql libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386
libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-sql-sqlite:i386 libqt4-svg libqt4-test
libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386
libqtcore4 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4 libqtgui4:i386 libroken18-heimdal
libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.0.0 libstdc++6:i386
libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff5 libtiff5:i386 libuuid1:i386 libwbclient0
libwind0-heimdal libwww-perl libwww-robotrules-perl libx11-6 libx11-6:i386
libx11-xcb1 libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0 libxcb-glx0 libxcb1 libxcb1:i386
libxcursor1 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3 libxi6
libxi6:i386 libxinerama1 libxml2 libxml2-utils libxrandr2 libxrender1
libxrender1:i386 libxt6 libxt6:i386 libxxf86vm1 mysql-common netpbm
nux-tools odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 qdbus samba samba-common smbclient
sudo:i386 unixodbc winbind zlib1g:i386
Suggested packages:
docbook-xsl-doc-html docbook-xsl-doc-pdf docbook-xsl-doc-text
docbook-xsl-doc libsaxon-java libxalan2-java libxslthl-java
docbook-xsl-saxon fop xalan dbtoepub libterm-readline-gnu-perl
libterm-readline-perl-perl imagemagick-doc autotrace curl enscript ffmpeg
gnuplot grads hp2xx html2ps libwmf-bin mplayer povray radiance
texlive-base-bin transfig ufraw-batch nas:i386 glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386
rng-tools rng-tools:i386 libglide3 gnutls-bin gnutls-bin:i386 krb5-doc:i386
krb5-user:i386 libdata-dump-perl liblcms-utils:i386 libcrypt-ssleay-perl
libmyodbc odbc-postgresql tdsodbc unixodbc-bin libpam-doc:i386
libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel libqt4-declarative-gestures
libqt4-declarative-particles libqt4-declarative-shaders qt4-qmlviewer
libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386 libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386
libqt4-declarative-particles:i386 libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386
qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev libqt4-dev:i386 libthai0:i386 libicu48:i386
qt4-qtconfig qt4-qtconfig:i386 libauthen-ntlm-perl fuseiso:i386
openbsd-inetd inet-superserver smbldap-tools ldb-tools
Recommended packages:
wine-bin:i386 wine-bin-unstable:i386 wine:i386 wine1.2:i386 wine1.3:i386
wine1.4:i386 wine1.5:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
aptoncd apturl gdebi gksu libegl1-mesa-drivers mdm mint-meta-cinnamon
mintwelcome nemo-share sudo ubuntu-minimal
The following NEW packages will be installed:
docbook-xsl fonts-horai-umefont fonts-unfonts-core gcc-4.7-base:i386
icoutils imagemagick imagemagick-common libaudio2:i386 libaudit1:i386
libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386
libc6:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386 libdb5.1:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386
libencode-locale-perl libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libfile-listing-perl
libfont-afm-perl libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcc1:i386
libgcrypt11:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libhtml-form-perl libhtml-format-perl
libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl
libhttp-cookies-perl libhttp-daemon-perl libhttp-date-perl
libhttp-message-perl libhttp-negotiate-perl libice6:i386
libio-socket-ssl-perl libjbig0:i386 libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386
libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386
liblcms1:i386 liblqr-1-0 liblwp-mediatypes-perl liblwp-protocol-https-perl
liblzma5:i386 libmagickcore5 libmagickcore5-extra libmagickwand5
libmng1:i386 libmysqlclient18:i386 libnet-http-perl libnet-ssleay-perl
libnetpbm10 libnss-winbind libodbc1 libp11-kit0:i386 libpam-modules:i386
libpam-winbind libpam0g:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386
libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-script:i386
libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libqt4-sql-sqlite:i386 libqt4-xml:i386
libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libselinux1:i386
libsm6:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff5:i386
libuuid1:i386 libwww-perl libwww-robotrules-perl libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386
libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxi6:i386 libxml2-utils
libxrender1:i386 libxt6:i386 mysql-common netpbm odbcinst odbcinst1debian2
q4wine:i386 sudo:i386 unixodbc winbind zlib1g:i386
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libasn1-8-heimdal libasound2 libdbus-1-3 libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2
libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 libegl1-mesa libgcrypt11 libgl1-mesa-dri libgnutls26
libgssapi3-heimdal libhcrypto4-heimdal libheimbase1-heimdal
libheimntlm0-heimdal libhx509-5-heimdal libkrb5-26-heimdal libldap-2.4-2
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libxfixes3 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml2 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6
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