Same message here but somewhat different dmesg output. I'm running 14.10 upgraded from 14.04, and nvidia binary driver 331.113
dmesg (excerpted): ... init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (294) killed by TERM signal (the *only* mention of "plymouth") ... then much later... Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:03:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20130102 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0 NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.113 Mon Dec 1 21:08:13 PST 2014 input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/0000:03:00.1/sound/card1/input12 input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/0000:03:00.1/sound/card1/input13 floppy0: no floppy controllers found work still pending EXT4-fs (sda6): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe init: failsafe main process (904) killed by TERM signal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364630 Title: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe Status in Upstart: Confirmed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: [ 16.934379] init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: init 1.20ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-11.16-generic 3.16.1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Sep 2 17:23:15 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-27 (128 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2) SourcePackage: init-system-helpers UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/1364630/+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
