systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service

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Issue

  • The system failed to boot into desktop environment.
  • Below messages printed in /var/log/messages.
systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit not found.
or
systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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