[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (boot timing issues implicated)

2019-06-17 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for lightdm (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182160

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (boot timing issues implicated)

2019-06-17 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821609 T

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (boot timing issues implicated)

2019-04-18 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
Fine tuning: only one extra mount is necessary .. then plymouth finishes very quickly .. and xorg/lightdm start normally! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821609 Title: lightdm login

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (boot timing issues implicated)

2019-04-16 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
** Summary changed: - lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 + lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (boot timing issues implicated) -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-16 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay I have another solution to the timing issue .. add two partition mounts to fstab .. my existing sda1 disco install has /home (sda2) and /home/store1 (sda5) mounted via fstab .. this was the original install configuration .. thus always a mount delay .. to test .. added the same partions to

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-16 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
of course the sda1 partition (on the SSD) has never failed to work properly no matter which grub source (installs on sda1,sda6,sda7,sda8,sda9) is used plymouth always appears when sda1 boots.. this disco version was installed jan 10 with a bootstrap log date of oct 13, 2018 .. it has been updat

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-16 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay turned back the clock .. to a spinning metal disk previously installed in this hardware .. ran a number of test installs all work fine .. cosmic/bionic/disco early version disco final all work boot normally .. always .. thus conclusion is a SSD is very fast and can respond to requests sooner

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-16 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
video of sda9 boot using sda9 install of grub (native grub) .. note absence of plymouth .. flash at top edge of screen was missed .. note brief appearance of lightdm .. short gap then lightdm reappears .. xorg.0.log.old records the crash .. similar to others above xorg.0.log records successful

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-16 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
video of sda8 non-native grub boot (a disco-xubuntu iso install) sda9 has installed grub (also a disco-xubuntu iso install ) will show in next video uploaded note the red flash .. plymouth attempt to start .. then cursor appears and then lightdm briefly ** Attachment added: "video of failing bo

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-15 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
I will try to do videos for you tomorrow it is getting late in the day here .. a brief synopsis for now .. history: this is standard grub arrangement as "installed by default" used to work flawlessly with multiple partitions of various linux OS's .. It is only since early march that I noticed an

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (crash in xorg before using "foreign grub") netplan mis-configuration maybe underlying ca

2019-04-15 Thread Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre
Okay, this bug has absolutely nothing to do with grub or netplan. Changing the renderer couldn't possibly affect the behavior of X, and the grub configuration looks, at a glace, to be run-of-the mill; pretty much default if you disregard that there is any number of different installs on the system.

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (crash in xorg before using "foreign grub") netplan mis-configuration maybe underlying ca

2019-04-15 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
bug is still present in disco xubuntu iso "final" 04-13.1-2019 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821609 Title: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Cor

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (crash in xorg before using "foreign grub") netplan mis-configuration maybe underlying ca

2019-04-11 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay a previous "fresh install that was crashing plymouth screen/lightdm/xorg was fixed by copying a known working set of netplan conf files into /etc/netplan .. the 01-netcfg.yaml from the "network install" uses networkd as the renderer .. with a working network device config.. plus the 01-netw

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (crash in xorg before using "foreign grub")

2019-04-11 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay I stumbled across something .. the network install .. used netplan to set-up my wifi connection to start on boot .. so as soon as systemd networkd starts wifi is started NetworkManager thus has no access or anyway to try for other networks.. so I tried to change this.. If I edit the config fi

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (crash in xorg before using "foreign grub")

2019-04-11 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
An additional data point for reference .. did a netboot install of xubuntu using "daily" amd64 netboot mini.iso .. base install followed by taskselect install of xubuntu .. boots normally plymouth and lightdm screens appear as expected .. also switching to foreign grub .. it still boots normall

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (crash in xorg before using "foreign grub")

2019-04-09 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay apr 8 and apr 9 iso's have same issues kept logs of various boots into the fresh installs .. no change in grub-source during testing was made .. all with fresh installs typical first boot is normal .. no crash of xorg on first start .. second boot shows lightdm briefly then xorg crashes whil

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (crash in xorg before using "foreign grub")

2019-04-06 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
third boot of same install .. ** Attachment added: "third reboot of fresh install xorg.0.log.old -- slighjtly different" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1821609/+attachment/5253548/+files/Xorg.0.log.old -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-06 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
testing xubuntu-disco-daily.iso apr 06, 2019 First boot fine plymouth, and xorg/lightdm started normally.. did a number of updates and rebooted. second boot plymouth not seen, xorg/lightdm appeared briefly .. then vanished .. then reappears .. checked xorg.0.log(s) .. xorg.0.log .. seemed ok .

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-05 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
just some summary thoughts in addition to point to some anomalies .. the "failures in lightdm appear to correspond with shorter journal logs .. so certain processes are not running as expected .. plymouth also does not appear on the screen .. as it needs the proper graphics support .. -- You

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-05 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
I've been merrily switching between OS's without this kind of issue for more than 10 years .. the behaviour changed recently in the last 30 days .. it was fine prior to that .. This is a regression bug and will annoy anyone working with multiple instances of disco xubuntu for testing.. yes it

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-05 Thread Timo Aaltonen
Your setup is anything but a typical one, and bugs should not be used to "ask" how something works the way it does. You mentioned that the "original" disco install always works fine, so I don't think there's a valid bug here at all? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-04 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay generated the default grub.cfg via sda6 grub-install boot instance .. vt.handle=1 is set by default for self root boot about a minute to boot no change .. still no plymouth on boot but there is a flicker with lightdm .. which restarts once video mode switch has happened .. note all grub in

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-04 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
whoops added the wrong attachment above it is the one including the grub-update dialog .. instead of being the bot after the command ** Attachment added: "this one is after the grub-update .. accidental switch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1821609/+attachment/525

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-04 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
here is the journalctl boot log for sda6 /zlink4 booted by it's own install of grub (self grub) (it was reinstalled for this purpose .. to show it works .. however plymouth does not show on the screen at all on boot but does on shutdown ) now one change is addition of a vt.handoff=1 to the end o

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-04 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
here we have a normal journalctl boot log .. notice the size .. more entries .. about 1 minute start to finish source the partition that always works lightdm starts normally plymouth appears on screen etc. this one was booted by grub installed by zlink4 - on sda6 .. ** Attachment added: "zlink1 /

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub")

2019-04-04 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
** Summary changed: - lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 - failure to load i915 kernel module + lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 (using "foreign grub") -- You received this bug

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 - failure to load i915 kernel module

2019-04-04 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
so why the peculiar behaviour that lightdm works when the partition installed native grub boots the system BUT not when a grub installed by another partition is used then lightdm consistently crashes and the machine locks up.. BUT if i915 is added to /etc/modules in the offending partition it all

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 - failure to load i915 kernel module

2019-04-03 Thread Timo Aaltonen
i915 is loaded just fine on your first journal log: Mar 25 23:26:06 zlink2 kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20181204 for :00:02.0 on minor 0 but it's happening after lightdm is started, so I'd say it's lightdm which is just being too hasty ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Statu

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 - failure to load i915 kernel module

2019-04-03 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
a little digging and plymouth is supposed to work with drm modesetting drivers which means i915 has to be loaded for it to work .. so not seeing it means ..some hardware detection has failed .. is that part of plymouth or something else? since it works on the upgraded install on sda1 I suspect a c

Re: [Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 - failure to load i915 kernel module

2019-04-03 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
Kernel module will load if added to /etc/ modules .. I have my sda1 partition running kernel 5.0.0-8.9 as are the iso's tested recently .. my sda1 partition loads i915 without using /etc/modules.. I notice that the recent isos do not show Plymouth progress screen at startup..is that relevant? On

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 - failure to load i915 kernel module

2019-04-03 Thread Daniel van Vugt
If you're sure that's the problem then we would need to figure out which kernel version it started in. Please try some different kernel versions: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D and see if you can find the two closest versions where one doesn't have the bug and the other

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 - failure to load i915 kernel module

2019-04-03 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
** Summary changed: - lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 + lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 - failure to load i915 kernel module -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-02 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
now this begs the question why does kernel module i915 not auto load anymore? i.e. the newer iso's since mid-march ..??? what got yanked out that would cause this ?? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-02 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay .. thought about this for a bit i915 compiled as module by default in kernel sources.. lets force it to load.. added module i915 to /etc/modules to force loading .. it is the only entry .. reboot into the problem install .. and no problems .. lightdm starts and stays going. no flicker or

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-02 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay after rebooting via grub installed by sda1 .. as before .. red flash (no plymouth) lightdm briefly displays login screen .. then underline cursor then blank screen. attached is zl10-boot2-xorg.0.log xorg.0.log.old is now the already uploaded zl10-xorg.0.log above a crashing time is reveale

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-02 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
iso april 2 2019 tested .. adding xorg.0.log & xorg.0.log.old files from first boot into fresh install .. There was a 1 to 2 second flicker in lightdm appearing then blanking and then reappearing on first boot .. have not yet rebooted into this from grub as installed by sda1 .. wanted to save the

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-02 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
the " surprise log file " not expected on a first boot .. with normal xorg startup should not exist .. ** Attachment added: "zl10-xorg.0.log.old -- first boot (inital xorg-server start which flickered lightdm?)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1821609/+attachment/52

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-01 Thread Daniel van Vugt
** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => xorg-server (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821609 Title:

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-04-01 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
xubuntu iso for daily april 1, 2019 .. no change installed iso reboots into the install partition everything works as normal.. reboot into sda1 .. grub-install /dev/sda then update-grub then reboot .. back into the fresh install partition .. same behaviours as before .. red flash no visible pl

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-31 Thread Daniel van Vugt
It looks like daily images should now contain the fix for bug 1819943 (so we can rule it in or out). Please download and test an image dated April or later: http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-30 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
oh one thing I noticed and did not mention .. the plymouth screen fails to appear (just a redish flash at top of screen) when booting from a non-native grub for the recent daily xubuntu iso's if the native grub is used plymouth screen appears.. for sda1 boot from any grub a plymouth screen appear

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-27 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Xubuntu daily images are still missing the fix for bug 1819943. So please wait until a newer image is available which includes that fix before retesting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-27 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
stranger and stranger .. if you install kernel 5.0.0-8.9 at the first boot into any new install partition before changing any thing else .. it does not fix the issue .. once you return sda1 to being grub master .. neither sda7 nor sda6 will keep lightdm running ..both briefly flash lightdm login sc

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-27 Thread Ubuntu QA Website
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker. A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1821609 ** Tags added: iso-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-27 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
okay still bug present in xubuntu-disco-amd64-desktop-beta.. still uses kernel 5.0.0-7 updating from proposed with kernel 5.0.0-8.9 it works properly i.e. any linux os partion can be used to install grub and another partion with linux can be selected and boot normally e.g. beta install is o

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-27 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1819943 intel video driver not installed by default in ubuntu 19.04 (Disco) [needed for graphics support on Intel Core 2 Duo systems] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-27 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1819943 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819943 addional clarification .. if sda6 (recovery booted or chrooted) installed grub then sda6 boots with some brief flashing normally. if sda7 or sda1 (recovery booted or chrooted or a normal boot for sda1) insta

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-27 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1819943 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819943 this effected only the more recent installs you have miss understood the details in the initial report .. the system would boot normally as long as the grub used (installed) was from the install partition (

[Bug 1821609] Re: lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870

2019-03-27 Thread Derk Willem te Bokkel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1819943 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819943 ** Summary changed: - lightdm login screen never appears on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 + lightdm login screen briefly appears and then blanks out on Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 -- You received