I too get this message in Kubuntu 14.10. I have a Lenovo laptop with Intel integrated graphics.
I actually have two Kubuntu 14.10's in different partitions on this machine. I'm writing this from what I'll call P1, which I had abandoned because the partition was too small for my needs. So I created P2, which has plenty of space. P2 was running just fine for a couple of months when it suddenly started misbehaving badly. After a reboot (to P2) I got just a black screen, though I was able to get to a virtual console with Ctl-Alt-F1 and thus get much more information about the system. When I booted P2 via a slightly different route I got the "error while reading from descriptor" message. So I now have P1, which works but is not fully usable, and P2, which gives me a black screen. That opens up some potential ways of diagnosing the problem since I can compare the two systems. In particular, I ran dmsg in both systems and compared the two outputs to find the first significant difference. I found this sequence in P2: [ 1.143424] [drm] Replacing VGA console driver [ 1.143428] checking generic (e0000000 410000) vs hw (e0000000 10000000) [ 1.143429] fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA [ 1.143449] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25 But in P1 (the correct one) the lines 428 and 429 are absent. This probably points directly to the bug if only I knew how to interpret it. P2 was fully updated when it started misbehaving; P1 was not. -- 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
