I just added the 'started plymouth-splash' line to /etc/init/gdm.conf, then tried rebooting. Unfortunately it still took me three tries to get a successful boot. On the first attempt I was left looking at a screen with boot text including
Starting LightDM Display Manager Starting Recovery options if display manager fails to start ... Stopping Recovery options if display manager fails to start On the second attempt virtual terminal 7 showed a garbaged display with an X cursor. The third attempt was successful. After the successful boot, I saw that /var/crash contained a new X server crash log, and /var/log contained a recent X server log including the no devices found/no screens found error. To be clear, I currently have patched versions of /etc/init/lightdm.conf and /etc/init/gdm.conf which include the 'started plymouth-splash' line. Those are the only files I've changed. I have not created a workaround entry in xorg.conf.d as Chris suggested in comment #9. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161371 Title: X server sometimes fails to start on MacBook Air 5,2: no screens found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1161371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
