[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-05-01 Thread Chris Wilson
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-29 Thread Christopher Townsend
So apparently the reason why it can't be duplicated to bug #982889 is because of a performance issue in Launchpad (see https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/227581 for more info). I don't really feel comfortable changing the bug status in that bug in order to duplicate this bug, so I

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-26 Thread Adam Dingle
Aha - I just stumbled upon bug #982889 (X trying to start before plymouth has finished using the drm driver). It certainly looks like this bug could be related. It would have been nice if you guys had pointed me to that bug before now - oh well. -- You received this bug notification because

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-26 Thread Adam Dingle
I just received a fix for bug #982889 via software updates. After that I tried rebooting 6 times and every boot was successful! So I think this was a duplicate of that bug all along. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-26 Thread Christopher Townsend
Marking the Unity bug invalid and duping this bug to bug #982889 since the bug reporter is pretty confident the lightdm/plymouth updates fix this. ** Changed in: unity Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-26 Thread Christopher Townsend
Well, I would mark this as a duplicate to bug #982889, but the Save duplicate function of the Mark as duplicate feature has been broken all day:/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-26 Thread Adam Dingle
Yes - I wanted to mark it as a duplicate of the same bug this morning, but was blocked by the same problem! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-19 Thread Adam Dingle
Unfortunately I'm still seeing this with the latest Raring updates. I have Linux 3.8.0-19-generic with xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu3. Chris, can you elaborate on the race condition here? This is a race between which two entities - the X server and plymouthd? And they're both racing

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-11 Thread Adam Dingle
I reinstalled Raring from a daily build in the hope that might fix things. It didn't: booting still usually, but not always, fails. To recap what I've said above, when I boot one of three things typically happens: 1. I'm left looking at a black screen with a mouse cursor on virtual terminal 7.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-11 Thread Chris Wilson
Unknown hw! Can you please attach the full Xorg.0.log for the failing case 1? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-11 Thread Adam Dingle
There you go. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5,2: no screens found Status in Unity:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-11 Thread Adam Dingle
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log after boot to black screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1161371/+attachment/3640884/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-11 Thread Chris Wilson
Looks like state initialisation failed, but it still would have been able to use the BLT for everything... So I guess unity setup (libGL) also failed. I think another variation on the race as it too is transient. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-06 Thread Chris Wilson
I think it is clear that there is a kernel error beyond that of the plymouth race. Can you please try testing with the latest drm-intel- nightly kernel from ppa:mainline? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-06 Thread Adam Dingle
OK - I installed linux- image-3.9.0-994-generic_3.9.0-994.201304060409_amd64 and rebooted. On my first boot I saw a blank screen on VT7, and when I switched to VT1 and logged in I saw that X and plymouthd had just crashed as evidenced by files in /var/crash. The X log, however, included no error

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-06 Thread Chris Wilson
Yes, a crash is even more unexpected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5,2: no screens

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-02 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
[7.012094] init: gdm main process (1254) killed by TERM signal Same bug as the lightdm race, but with gdm instead? Looking at upstart files, it looks like plymouth-stop is running in parallel with gdm, causing the race you see above.. The dependencies in plymouth-stop: start on (starting

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-02 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
/etc/init/gdm.conf would also need to have the 'started plymouth-splash' line.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-02 Thread Adam Dingle
I wasn't even aware that I had gdm installed on my system! Ah, I see - it's a dependency of gnome-shell, which I installed experimentally. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-02 Thread Adam Dingle
I just added the 'started plymouth-splash' line to /etc/init/gdm.conf, then tried rebooting. Unfortunately it still took me three tries to get a successful boot. On the first attempt I was left looking at a screen with boot text including Starting LightDM Display Manager Starting Recovery

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-01 Thread Chris Wilson
Drat. I was hoping apport would grab the unity logs as well. In that set, unity exits abnormally at the 27s mark (noted by the server regen in Xorg.0.log and the dmesg.txt) but since X is still intact but with nothing to display, it ends up black. So far all bugs are pointing away from -intel

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-04-01 Thread Adam Dingle
I'm happy to repro this again and grab the unity log if you like - just let me know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-31 Thread Adam Dingle
Timo, I made that change, then booted 11 times. 4 of the 11 boots were successful. The other 7 times I was left looking at a blank screen or the Ubuntu logo. In those cases I was able to switch to virtual terminal 1 and log in in text mode. I never once ended up in low- graphics mode with the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-31 Thread Adam Dingle
** Attachment added: X log after boot into blank screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1161371/+attachment/3609730/+files/Xorg.blank.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-31 Thread Chris Wilson
Looks like unity failed to start in that case, but I think Maarten is right in that the original bug is a repeat of the plymouth race. Can you reproduce the blank screen, then run 'apport-collect 1161371' from the vt? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-31 Thread Adam Dingle
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected raring ubuntu ** Description changed: I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring) on a MacBook Air 5,2. The machine has an Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivybridge Mobile) graphics chip. I have xserver-xorg-core version 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu4. On

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-31 Thread Adam Dingle
Done. In the blank screen state I also noticed that both X and plymouthd had crashed as evidenced by files in /var/crash. I'll attach those crash files too. ** Attachment added: _sbin_plymouthd.0.crash

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-31 Thread Adam Dingle
** Attachment added: _usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1161371/+attachment/3610703/+files/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-30 Thread Timo Aaltonen
could you try modifying /etc/init/lightdm.conf to match: start on ((filesystem and runlevel [!06] and started dbus and (stopped plymouth or started plymouth-splash) ... that is, add 'and (stopped plymouth or started plymouth-splash)' there and see if

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-29 Thread Chris Wilson
The problem is that Xorg hasn't registered the igfx as the boot-vga device and so is looking for a primary display and fails (it loads the -intel as a secondary GPU only screen). What is the value in '/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:02.0/boot_vga' ? You can manually specify: Section Device

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-29 Thread Adam Dingle
Thanks for looking into this. /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:02.0/boot_vga is 1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Adam Dingle
** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) = xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails to start

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Joeri Eilander
why in hell did you bought an macbook.. :( well, appl doesnt love other OS'ses so didnt support making drivers for it, youd better go with an chromebook. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Adam Dingle
By the way, this is a regression from Quantal, where Ubuntu booted every time without a problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Joeri Eilander
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Adam Dingle
Why is this bug incomplete? Is there more information you'd like from me? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread bugbot
** Tags added: no-screens -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5,2: no screens found

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Chris Wilson
The complete Xorg.0.log and dmesg would be a start. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Adam Dingle
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1161371/+attachment/3604011/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Adam Dingle
Here they are. If there's anything else I can provide, don't hesitate to ask. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Adam Dingle
By the way, I have xserver-xorg-video-intel version 2:2.21.5-0ubuntu1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1161371] Re: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5, 2: no screens found

2013-03-28 Thread Adam Dingle
** Attachment added: dmesg https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1161371/+attachment/3604012/+files/dmesg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu.