** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Status: Opinion => New
** Summary changed:
- Lightdm crashes on bootup after installing Virtualbox guest addition tools on
Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.1
+ Lightdm crashes on bootup after installing Virtualbox guest addition tools on
Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.1 when 3D Acceleration is Enabled in the Virtualbox
machine settings.
** Description changed:
- After a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04.1 on Virtualbox, when I install
- the guest additions to it and reboot the lightdm display manager
- continually restarts and then errors out. I'm left the other tty
- terminals which sometimes do not work. Uninstalling the guest addition
- tools in /opt and rebooting fixes the issue.
+ After a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04.1 on Virtualbox with 3D
+ acceleration enabled on the Virtualbox VM settings, when I install the
+ guest additions to it and reboot the lightdm display manager continually
+ restarts and I'm left with a black screen and blinking underscore.
+ Unchecking 3D Acceleration or uninstalling the guest addition tools in
+ /opt and rebooting fixes the issue.
Virtualbox version: 5.1.4 r1110228
VBoxGuestAdditions-5.1.4
-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: lightdm (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 6 08:38:03 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-02 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160719)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
What I've tried for troubleshooting -
Removing .Xauthority
Verifying permissions on various lightdm system folders.
Upgrading virtualbox
Purging / uninstalling and reinstalling lightdm
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620631
Title:
Lightdm crashes on bootup after installing Virtualbox guest addition
tools on Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.1 when 3D Acceleration is Enabled in the
Virtualbox machine settings.
Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
After a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04.1 on Virtualbox with 3D
acceleration enabled on the Virtualbox VM settings, when I install the
guest additions to it and reboot the lightdm display manager
continually restarts and I'm left with a black screen and blinking
underscore. Unchecking 3D Acceleration or uninstalling the guest
addition tools in /opt and rebooting fixes the issue.
Virtualbox version: 5.1.4 r1110228
VBoxGuestAdditions-5.1.4
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: lightdm (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 6 08:38:03 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-02 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160719)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
What I've tried for troubleshooting -
Removing .Xauthority
Verifying permissions on various lightdm system folders.
Upgrading virtualbox
Purging / uninstalling and reinstalling lightdm
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
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