Finally got 42 installed. My Xserver doesn't start either. grep systemd-logind /var/log/Xorg.0.log gives me: [ 1074.204] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_32 [ 1074.253] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event3 13:67 fd 13 paused 1 [ 1074.253] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:67 [ 1074.286] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to release device: Device not taken [ 1074.297] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event4 13:68 fd 13 paused 1 [ 1074.297] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:68 [ 1074.328] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to release device: Device not taken [ 1074.390] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event2 13:66 fd 13 paused 1 [ 1074.390] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:66 [ 1074.391] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to release device: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) [ 1074.433] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event0 13:64 fd 13 paused 1 [ 1074.433] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:64 [ 1074.433] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to release device: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) [ 1074.477] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event1 13:65 fd 13 paused 1 [ 1074.477] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:65 [ 1074.478] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to release device: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) [ 1074.511] (EE) systemd-logind disappeared (stopped/restarted?) To me, this looks a bit like this thing is crashing and restarting all the time. Still investigating...