> if I try to boot directly to GUI the resolution changes several times ... and then get's stuck.
That sounds like an interesting separate bug which we might be able to fix or explain. Please open a new bug for that if you can. > I now switched both VPS to multi user target insted of graphical boot By chance I am also using multi-user.target right now. But 'startx' works for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1882102 Title: [vmwgfx] Gnome Desktop only starting with root rights Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: All files in home folder are owned by the user. startx is only working with root rights. xinit: connection to X server lost/usr/bin/gnome-session: 29: exec: /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary: Permission denied ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' Date: Thu Jun 4 16:25:19 2020 DistUpgraded: 2020-04-26 18:18:02,277 ERROR Cache can not be locked (E:Konnte keinen exklusiven Zugang zur Sperrdatei /var/lib/dpkg/lock erhalten. Diese wird vom Prozess 21979 (dpkg) gehalten., W:Beachten Sie, dass das Entfernen der Sperrdatei keine Lösung ist und Ihr System zerstören kann., E:Sperren des Administrationsverzeichnisses (/var/lib/dpkg/) nicht möglich, wird es von einem anderen Prozess verwendet?) DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: rapiddisk, 5.2, 5.4.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed rapiddisk, 5.2, 5.4.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Lsusb-t: /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-33-generic root=UUID=f8fcb1ae-51b1-4ab2-b79d-66cf34ad77d9 ro nomodeset rootflags=subvol=ROOT SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-26 (38 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS dmi.bios.version: rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-4.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvrrel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org:bd04/01/2014:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-4.1:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-4.1: dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-4.1 dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1882102/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
