Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
Hi,
This is not the same bug as #430494.
What happens is that the system boots and when gdm is started my screen
goes blank.
The keyboard does not respond to input, it is not possible for me to
switch to any other virtual terminal.
I can successfully boot into 'single' user mode and after (many) reboots
have discovered that if I include the word 'text' on the command line,
this prevents the gdm service from being started by upstart.
I believe there are a number of problems.
1. gdm hitting an assertion and dying
2. upstart noticing that gdm has died and respawning it (or not respawning it
-- hard to tell as the system is unresponsive in a normal bootup)
When I have the 'text' keyword on the kernel command line, I can boot to
normal multiuser mode. From there I can see try to run gdm, which
upstart runs. It logs the fact that "gdm main process ended, respawning"
and eventually "gdm respawning too fast, stopped". I am, however, able
to successfully launch gdm (and then login and work normally) by running
'gdm' as root. Which places the problem squarely in between the
interaction upstart and gdm.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 9 14:40:52 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu14
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en_US:en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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gdm does not start after bootup
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447226
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