[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
** Tags added: gdm kdm nvidia slim -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
I have to report that this bug does also affect other login-managers (well, one at least: Slim). And I am using a Nvidia 9500gt video card - not an ATI. So it does not seem to have much to do with the video card actually. I had the same problem: After an update with the automated update-manager yesterday and the following reboot I was left with the low graphics mode-error. _Sometimes_ clicking through run in low-graphics-mode for one session etc. led me to my normal login (with Slim). And I would even get a running Compiz... a bit surprising for the expected low-graphics-mode... but Compiz would silently die sometime in between and leave me without graphic-effects. Yet very often after reboot I was left without a login and only with scrambled colors on top of the screen or, even worse, a crashed system with a black blank screen where only turning power off helped! I tried many possible solution-variations of tinkering with xorg.conf, deleting and reinstalling the Nvidia-drivers etc. - all to no avail. I was so sure that this had something to do with the updated kernel and non-fitting or conflicting video-drivers... But it was apparently a conflict between GDM and the other login-manager - in my case Slim, not KDM. Directly after deinstalling Slim and dpkg-reconfigure gdm the low-graphics-mode problem is gone. Seems to me its _not_ KDM or Slim who are having the bug. ** Also affects: slim Importance: Undecided Status: New -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
If you have both kdm and gdm installed, you have upstart configurations
for both of them:
/etc/init/gdm.conf:
(..)
script
[ ! -f /etc/X11/default-display-manager -o $(cat
/etc/X11/default-display-manager 2/dev/null) = /usr/sbin/gdm ]
(..)
/etc/init/kdm.conf:
(..)
script
[ ! -f /etc/X11/default-display-manager -o $(cat
/etc/X11/default-display-manager 2/dev/null) = /usr/bin/kdm ]
(..)
Since that fatal xserver-xorg update, we also have
/etc/init/failsafe-x.conf:
(..)
start on stopped gdm EXIT_STATUS=[!0]
stop on runlevel [06]
task
exec /etc/gdm/failsafeXServer
If kdm is the active display manager, /etc/X11/default-display-manager contains
/usr/bin/kdm, so upstart will try to start both gdm and kdm, but gdm will
fail because of the check quoted above. This will emit a stopped gdm event with
EXIT_STATUS != 0, which will start /etc/gdm/failsafeXServer. Now both kdm and
failsafeXServer are started and we have a problem.
One solution is to add the following line at the start of
/etc/gdm/failsafeXServer:
[ ! -f /etc/X11/default-display-manager -o $(cat /etc/X11/default-
display-manager 2/dev/null) = /usr/sbin/gdm ] || exit 0
This will terminate failsafeXServer if the default display manager is
not gdm.
As a patch for the system configuration:
--
--- /etc/gdm/failsafeXServer.orig 2009-12-06 12:42:47.0 +0100
+++ /etc/gdm/failsafeXServer2009-12-06 12:44:09.0 +0100
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
# not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
# Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+[ ! -f /etc/X11/default-display-manager -o $(cat
/etc/X11/default-display-manager 2/dev/null) = /usr/sbin/gdm ] || exit 0
+
xorg_conf_failsafe=${BPX_XORG_CONF_FAILSAFE:-/etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe}
xorg_conf=${BPX_XORG_CONF:-/etc/X11/xorg.conf}
run_dexconf=${BPX_RUN_DEXCONF:-yes}
-
and as a patch for the xserver-xorg package:
-
diff -ru xorg-ubuntu-git.orig/debian/local/Failsafe/failsafeXServer
xorg-ubuntu-git/debian/local/Failsafe/failsafeXServer
--- xorg-ubuntu-git.orig/debian/local/Failsafe/failsafeXServer 2009-11-09
08:58:44.0 +0100
+++ xorg-ubuntu-git/debian/local/Failsafe/failsafeXServer 2009-12-06
13:21:02.0 +0100
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
# not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
# Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+[ ! -f /etc/X11/default-display-manager -o $(cat
/etc/X11/default-display-manager 2/dev/null) = /usr/sbin/gdm ] || exit 0
+
xorg_conf_failsafe=${BPX_XORG_CONF_FAILSAFE:-/etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe}
xorg_conf=${BPX_XORG_CONF:-/etc/X11/xorg.conf}
run_dexconf=${BPX_RUN_DEXCONF:-yes}
-
** Attachment added: Do not start failsafeXServer if not using gdm
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36497362/failsafe.patch
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[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Anyone with 2.6.31-16 installed? And is this problem resolved with it? I am worried that should we install it or not. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Update: I have updated with 2.6.31-16 by selecting the required packages. Things are working fine. I still have the 7 packages downgraded (mentioned above) waiting to be updated. I hope it works for everyone else. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
** Changed in: slim Status: New = Invalid ** Also affects: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xorg-server Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Thank you, Urs, for your patch, which works perfectly. Now, can we get this patch into karmic-updates as soon as possible? ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
This bug affects me and I don't even use KDE, but do use the KDM login manager over GDM because I like it. A user called doctordruidphd on the Ubuntu forums has given a workaround that I have tested to work on several systems I have that are affected. cd /etc/init sudo mv failsafe-x.conf failsafe-x.conf-disable cd /etc/init.d sudo mv failsafe-x failsafe-x-disable No need to downgrade packages(which I like to try and avoid). Seems by my logs that it thinks X is failing when it really isn't. Failsafe mode or Bulletproof X is then launched when it shouldn't be, Maybe it's trying to launch it before the appropriate drivers/modules are loaded? -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Ok, a comment how I understand this issue: failsave-x only supports use cases where gdm is not DISABLED. Setups where gdm is used or isn't installed aren't affected. So... although I understand that the patch described above works, I get the feeling this is fixed at the wrong place. First of all, why does failsave-x even assume that gdm and kdm aren't installed at the same time? There are users that I know that like to have both gnome and kde installed. And even if that wasn't the case, with the current startup check start on stopped gdm EXIT_STATUS=[!0] what happens for kubuntu users that have a broken X Server? Kubuntu isn't supported? Second: Why does a 'Disabled' status justify an exit status !0? In that regard both gdm and kdm are broken since they both have the same check. IMHO this should be fixed in the failsave-x upstart script so that we have proper support for both gdm and kdm (failing or not). -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
I think another big question is one I try to suggest an answer to, but am not 100% positive. Why is it tripping into bulletproof X to begin with? Surely, Bulletproof or failsafe X should be fixed, but it shouldn't be loading in the first place in this case. As to fixing a broken X, I'm still used to running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg or doing nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf in a root shell in recovery mode for modified config files. So Kubuntu users aren't without a paddle. First we need to answer definitively why KDM seems to think X is failing. It seems an issue with KDM itself. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
@Selenia: what happens: k/ubuntu boots upstart finds gdm.conf and tries to start gdm upstart finds kdm.conf and tries to start kdm upstart finds failsave-x.conf and tries to start failsave-x gdm finds out that it's not the chosen WM and fails with exit status 1 kdm finds out that it's the chosen WM and continues failsave-x finds out that gdm failed with exit status != 0 and continues result: failsave-x and kdm tboth try to start and failsave-x is faster. Now who is responsible for that... -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Seems gdm and kdm have the required sanity checks to not start when not chosen, but failsafe-x always assumes gdm is chosen, by what you are saying. It could probably be patched in upstart but likely should really be fixed in failsafe-x, if this is what is indeed happening. Maybe I'll break it again to get some more logs. The workaround I mentioned above has been resulting in perfect operation, for the time being. I do see no potential problems from it, as long as I don't need failsafe-x(never have). Easy to reverse if I ever do. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
@Selenia: Have you looked at the patch provided by Urs Fleisch? It is a real fix, not a workaround, since it does not break failsafe-x when using GDM. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
@Michael (and Urs): Why don't we just add the check to the failsave-x upstart script? That seems to be a better way to fix this IMHO, since that's the place where the bug is. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
So the fix that I'm using, post #30, works because KDM starts faster because it doesn't have to test drivers? -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
And the Failsave-X scripts are part of the xorg package and not xorg- server. ** Package changed: xorg-server (Ubuntu) = xorg (Ubuntu) -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Here's a debdiff for karmic-proposed that makes the failsave-x upstart task abort if gdm isn't enabled. Can you guys test it by editing your /etc/init/failsave-x.conf to look like this: start on stopped gdm EXIT_STATUS=[!0] stop on runlevel [06] script [ ! -f /etc/X11/default-display-manager -o $(cat /etc/X11/default- display-manager 2/dev/null) = /usr/sbin/gdm ] || exit 0 exec /etc/gdm/failsafeXServer end script ** Attachment added: xorg_7.4+3ubuntu11.debdiff http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36504330/xorg_7.4%2B3ubuntu11.debdiff -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Adding the check to the upstart script seems to be a good idea. I've created a patch for that. Ideally, the check whether GDM is default display manager should be in the start on condition, but I don't know how to do that. ** Attachment added: Patch of the upstart script failsafe-x http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36504349/failsafe-upstart.patch -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Ah, we had t he same idea. :-) -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
I too suffered from this issue after the xorg updates in question. My Toshiba Satellite M45-S265 laptop uses an Intel 915GM graphics card. I also stopped experiencing this issue when switching to GDM. I reverted back to the older xorg package versions as mentioned above, which got rid of the issue. I can now use KDM with no errors. Prior to this, the only way I could still login with KDM was to hit ESC when the Kubuntu splash screen appeared, then hit CTRL+C repeatedly after the bootup steps started appearing onscreen. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
cd /etc/init sudo mv failsafe-x.conf failsafe-x.conf-disable cd /etc/init.d sudo mv failsafe-x failsafe-x-disable works for me -- ive been told that this is an issue related to kdm trying to start before video drivers are loaded: all credit for this workaround goes to doctordruidphd on ubuntuforums. see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1343261page=5 -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Me too with this issue after xorg update. Here on a ATI Radeon Xpress 1100. Reverting to older packages resolved the problem. I try again and download the new packages and the same problem. Using GDM no problem to login. Now I use the following command proposed at the forum, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1343261page=5, and KDM is working without problem with all the new packages: cd /etc/init sudo mv failsafe-x.conf failsafe-x.conf-disable cd /etc/init.d sudo mv failsafe-x failsafe-x-disable -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Doctordruid's workaround works for me also. I upgraded the packages I had previously downgraded regarding xorg, etc and performed the steps in doctordruid's workaround. I rebooted and was able to use kdm with no problem. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Nice! Lots of workarounds for this. Can we get the package updated itself with possible bugs removed from Ubuntu? Anyone can help so that this bug reach to them and they can take action for it? We would love a bug free ubuntu, don't we? -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
It's a big free kubuntu that I'm after. Ubuntu users are living free and easy. It's interesting that this post suggests a timing issue with KDM. http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8420206postcount=10 -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
This bug looks like a dupe of bug #481514 -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Can anyone else confirm that removing package xserver-xorg-video-vesa or turning off splash fixes this? If not then my bug is different and I shall file another report. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
setting nosplash nomodeset as kernel arguments did work for me I've xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1:2.2.1-1 -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
I got KDM back up with x11-common=1:7.4+3ubuntu10. Details below. Eli, I think it's related to this. I have an Intel IGP. I managed to get the failsafe X11 up and running by changing the value for Driver from vesa to intel in the newly created /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe. I believe that xorg.conf.failsafe was created when x11-common=1:7.4+3ubuntu10 was installed. Previously, not even the (not quite) bulletproof failsafe mode would come up, nor any terminals. I had to use a live cd to do anything. Painful. To get KDM back and running, I created a new xorg.conf file that contains only the following: Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device Driver intel EndSection -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
** Summary changed: - afte recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start + after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
I found the following workarounds: During grub boot (or in /boot/grub/menu.lst) edit the kernel options to include nosplash nomodeset There is still an error during X startup but now the Exit to console login works (consoles are no longer all black). Also after exiting to the console, sometime later an X server with kdm successfully starts on virtual console 8! (I have never before had an X server run on VC 8). Once you can get to a working console login you can sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm For me this allowed X to start normally on VC7 without any errors. (I guess you have to be sure that gdm is installed before this will work :-). -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg Using Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.10 on Toshiba Laptop with ATI radeon HD 3650 Today morning I did updated the system with updates available. Following is the recent log entry in the Software update module in KDE. Installed: ureadahead, ureadahead Updated: x11-common, sreadahead, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg-input-all, xserver-xorg, xorg, x11-common, sreadahead, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg-input-all, xserver-xorg, xorg After this update I get Ubuntu running in low-graphics mode error at the boot time and If I press cancel it boots me upto the normal login screen. How to get rid of the this error? Also I loose the com positioning (desktop effects), I need to manually resume the same. (ALT+SHIFT+F12). Please resolve urgently. + + Thanks, Manish + + Edit: check this post as well for various experience on this particular issue: + http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1343261 -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
Same problem here. Kubuntu 9.10, KDE 4.3.4, Nvidia card, nouveau driver. The x11-common downgrade to 1:7.4+3ubuntu7 did work for me too as a temporary workaround. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start
I'm not sure if this the same bug I'm seeing, but it sounds similar. Using a Thinkpad T42p with ATI M10 NT/FireGL Mobility T2 chipset. If I have xserver-xorg-video-vesa installed and splash set in kernel command line arguments then I will get the Ubuntu is running in low- graphics mode error message and be unable to continue further. Solution is either to remove xserver-xorg-video-vesa or to remove splash option from kernel command line arguments. I haven't tried installing gdm. -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
