I think this is due to using the non-free nvidia driver on your machine. Mir currently does not work with it. You could try the open source nouveau driver, but it may or may not work.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1416714 Title: Can not log in unity 8 Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in unity8-desktop-session package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I installed unity 8 with this commend on ubuntu 14.10 x64 unity8 -desktop-session-mir but I can not log-into it, the screen hangs ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: unity8 8.00+14.10.20141013.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40-generic 3.16.7-ckt3 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Jan 31 22:18:52 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-31 (91 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) SourcePackage: unity8 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8/+bug/1416714/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
