Public bug reported:
Hello, after upgrading from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS I had a non-working
X11 configuration.
The first dialog box said:
The
system
is
running
in low-
graphics
mode
Your
screen,
graphics
card, and
input
device
settings
could not
be
detected
correctly.
You will
need to
configure
these
yourself.
[ OK ]
The next dialog box had four options:
[ ] Try running with default graphical mode
[ ] Reconfigure graphics
[ ] Troubleshoot the error
[ ] Exit to console login
[ Cancel ] [ OK ]
Try running with default graphical mode --> didn't work, returned
Reconfigure graphics --> a new dialog box:
How would you like to reconfigure your display?
[ ] Use default (generic) configuration
[ ] Use your backed-up configuration
[ Cancel ] [ OK ] (probably OK, my photo cut it off)
Neither option worked.
Troubleshoot the error --> a new dialog box:
What information would you like to review?
[ ] Review the xserver log file
[ ] Review the startup errors
[ ] Edit configuration file
Review the xserver log file --> A new dialog box, with the log file.
I can't recall what the "startup errors" button did.
The "Edit configuration file" button didn't do anything useful.
There was a lot of interaction options in this whole experience but the only
ones that actually worked were (a) show the log file (which wasn't actually
useful, but I was grateful for it) (b) exit to console login. That actually
worked pretty well.
I'm sorry I waited too long to report the bug, now my memory is pretty
fuzzy. I just remember that not enough of this system worked to justify
keeping it. Maybe that's due to local errors, the upgrade didn't go
well, but that's precisely when such an interface will be needed most.
Thanks
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gdm3 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 10 20:07:24 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (2030 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120823.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm3
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (9 days ago)
** Affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770547
Title:
X11 failsafe was not very useful
Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Hello, after upgrading from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS I had a non-working
X11 configuration.
The first dialog box said:
The
system
is
running
in low-
graphics
mode
Your
screen,
graphics
card, and
input
device
settings
could not
be
detected
correctly.
You will
need to
configure
these
yourself.
[ OK ]
The next dialog box had four options:
[ ] Try running with default graphical mode
[ ] Reconfigure graphics
[ ] Troubleshoot the error
[ ] Exit to console login
[ Cancel ] [ OK ]
Try running with default graphical mode --> didn't work, returned
Reconfigure graphics --> a new dialog box:
How would you like to reconfigure your display?
[ ] Use default (generic) configuration
[ ] Use your backed-up configuration
[ Cancel ] [ OK ] (probably OK, my photo cut it off)
Neither option worked.
Troubleshoot the error --> a new dialog box:
What information would you like to review?
[ ] Review the xserver log file
[ ] Review the startup errors
[ ] Edit configuration file
Review the xserver log file --> A new dialog box, with the log file.
I can't recall what the "startup errors" button did.
The "Edit configuration file" button didn't do anything useful.
There was a lot of interaction options in this whole experience but the only
ones that actually worked were (a) show the log file (which wasn't actually
useful, but I was grateful for it) (b) exit to console login. That actually
worked pretty well.
I'm sorry I waited too long to report the bug, now my memory is pretty
fuzzy. I just remember that not enough of this system worked to
justify keeping it. Maybe that's due to local errors, the upgrade
didn't go well, but that's precisely when such an interface will be
needed most.
Thanks
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gdm3 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 10 20:07:24 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (2030 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120823.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm3
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (9 days ago)
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