(In reply to Dr. Werner Fink from comment #9) > (In reply to Franck Bui from comment #8) > > Indeed the new xdm package has now a native service unit > > /usr/lib/systemd/system/display-manager.service > > which then executes the script > > /usr/lib/X11/display-manager > > From the journal log I see > systemd[1]: samba2.mount mount process exited, code=exited status=32 > systemd[1]: Failed to mount /samba2. > systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Remote File Systems. > systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Postfix Mail Transport Agent. > systemd[1]: Dependency failed for LSB: X Display Manager. > systemd[1]: Dependency failed for LSB: Network time protocol daemon > (ntpd). > > The question rises *which* of the dependencies does cause this. Well that's probably due to: graphical.target -> xdm.service -> $remote_fs (remote-fs.target) assuming that graphical target is the default one.