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Upon booting Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, I'm getting the following error:

failed to start gdm.service - [FAILED] Failed to start Gnome Display Manager error
failed to start gdm.service - [FAILED] Failed to start Gnome Display Manager error

Unlike other posts, I'm only getting this error message and nothing else.

Daniel Apt
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I think this was caused by an Ubuntu update failing to install, because there wasn't enough disk space.

First, I deleted some old and large directories.

Then, I followed the steps from this answer:

  1. After the error message shows, type Ctrl+Alt+F2 (Not F3 as the original answer says)
  2. Provide user/pass and login to your account
  3. Delete large directories. For me this was in ~/Downloads
  4. Run sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
  5. Run startx. If successful, you can restart the system and expect the gdm can work properly.
  6. Run reboot which will restart your machine
Daniel Apt
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