This bug is affecting me too. Not sure how this relates to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1096943
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271958 Title: desktop/live cd netboot won't boot X Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: using https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDNetboot I am somewhat able to boot the desktop live cd over pxe, but it never gets into X or a prompt. but... if i boot into single, drop to a root propt, then run startx, it boots into X, and then hangs. This happens on 4 different boxes, including qemu, all of which run intrepid just fine. When I do it in qemu, after a min or 2 of blank display, it goes back to text mode and I see: m Starting bluetooth [ OK ] Starting Network connection manager daemon: NetworkManager. Starting Network connection manager daemon: NetworkManager Starting GNOME Display Manager... [ 675.386467] INFO: task loopO:2556 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [ 675.387060] "echo O > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 675.390675] INFO: task NetworkManager:6380 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [ 675.39O798] "echo O > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 675.393575] INFO: task gdm:6406 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [ 675.393671] "echo O > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. The 6 lines then repeat every 120 seconds. Steps to repo this problem: cd /var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu/intrepid/ wget -N http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/intrepid-desktop-i386.iso mount /var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu/intrepid/intrepid-desktop-i386.iso on /var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu/intrepid/desktop type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop2) # /etc/exports /var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu/intrepid/desktop 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(async,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,ro) # /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default label ubuntu-intrepid-livecd kernel ubuntu/intrepid/desktop/casper/vmlinuz append initrd=ubuntu/intrepid/desktop/casper/initrd.gz boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.7:/var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu/intrepid/desktop/ root=/dev/nfs single -- The details of my qemu setup: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QemuPxe You can see the behavior in qemu without having to setup the pxe environment by just loading the casper kernel into qemu: carl@dell29:~/temp$ sudo qemu -m 400 -net tap -net nic,model=pcnet hdb.qcow2 -kernel /mnt/nfs/shaz/intrepid/casper/vmlinuz \ -initrd /mnt/nfs/shaz/intrepid/casper/initrd.gz \ -append "boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.7:/var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu/intrepid/desktop/ root=/dev/nfs single -- " and as a control, this works fine: $ qemu hda.qcow2 -cdrom intrepid-desktop-i386.iso -boot d To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/271958/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

