Tried several solutions above (not upstart-sys) but nothing worked for me. I could only get into a graphical session by typing startx from a TTY. Logs didn't output anything that I was able to make sense of, so, for the time being I've uninstalled sddm and have replaced it with slim. Now I can log in via slim and get to my plasma 5 session just fine. FTR I did try to install lightdm before I tried slim but this one seemed like it was frozen always on the login prompt.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432171 Title: [udev] Shows "starting version 219" boot message even with "quiet" Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Everytime the system is booted up I get a "Starting version 219" which it seems is the version number for systemd. udev version: 219-4ubuntu5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1432171/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp