Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
After upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10 on 2010-10-29, I've experienced the following show-stopper a problem: I'm using gdm. However, upon entering the correct password at gdm, the screen blinks and the gdm login screen is built up again. In order to start investigating the problem, I have booted into "recovery mode" from the grub menu, then chosen "netroot" in the Reciovery menu. If I type 'startx' as root, it works. If I 'su - nb' first, the type 'startx', the screen goes dark with an "Input Not Supported" box from the monitor. The Xorg log file from the case that doesn't work (attached) is very similar to the case that does work. The only possibly-significant difference is the final line [ 2295.773] (--) SAVAGE(0): Chose mode 14f at 85Hz. which doesn't have an equivalent in the Xorg log file for the case that works. I'm using the SAVAGE driver, but the problem is not specific to this driver: It occurs also when forcing use of the VESA driver. Through manual xorg.conf configuration it is possible to create a configuration which allows successfully starting Xorg by running 'startx' as a non-root user, although at an unacceptably low resolution. The problem is not specific to Ubuntu: It also occurs with Arch Linux 10.05 I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 (which does not exhibit the problem) now which I'm using for reporting this issue. So the automatically provided information from the 'ubuntu-bug' script should be referred to only for information on the hardware where the problem occurs. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Oct 31 08:00:59 2010 DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory EcryptfsInUse: Yes GdmLog2: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1) MachineType: ECS P4VMM2 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=6dc1af4e-b1fb-426b-8b22-ffe1004ddf4e ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_CH.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg dmi.bios.date: 04/02/01 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 07.00T dmi.board.name: P4VMM2 dmi.board.vendor: ECS dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0123ABC dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr07.00T:bd04/02/01:svnECS:pnP4VMM2:pvr1.0:rvnECS:rnP4VMM2:rvr1.0:cvnECS:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: P4VMM2 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ECS glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.32-25-generic ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: i386 maverick -- Only root can start X at a reasonable resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669002 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp