FWIW: I've started running with my own naive modification of /etc/init/gdm.conf, to see whether it changes symptoms. Here the diff (I use etckeeper with git, so this is git diff output):
diff --git a/init/gdm.conf b/init/gdm.conf index 5600d4c..d36acdc 100644 --- a/init/gdm.conf +++ b/init/gdm.conf @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ author "William Jon McCann <[email protected]>" start on (filesystem and started dbus + and started tty1 + and started tty2 + and started tty3 + and started tty4 + and started tty5 + and started tty6 and (graphics-device-added fb0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1 or drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1 or stopped udevtrigger)) At least the first reboot after this change was (a) very quick (b) launched gdm/X on tty7. I will report back on how things go from here -- Plymouth text-mode splash causes X to crash on first run due to shared tty7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
