Public bug reported: Hi,
After latest kernel upgrade on Trusty 14.04.2 LTS on two of my systems, the system did not boot, it was locked on Plymouth splash screen. The culprit is that for a reason I don't know symlink /etc/X11/X was removed during the upgrade, and X failed to start. In that case Plymouth should just fall back to a prompt shell login, otherwise there's no way to log onto the machine except SSH... Steps to reproduce : DO : Remove symlink /etc/X11/X (it occurs sometimes during kernel upgrades, I did not identify the culprit but this is not the first time I see this) DO : Reboot EXPECT : After a failed attempt to start X, Plymouth should fall back to the command prompt ACTUAL : The user is locked up and the only ways to recover are to log via SSH or in failsafe mode. It should obviously be better that the strange thing with the X link removed would be fixed, but anyway this would be a safeguard. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-36.48~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt9 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Wed Apr 29 20:28:50 2015 DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-08 (233 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1) MachineType: ASUS All Series ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-36-generic root=UUID=ef1513cf-ddee-4714-bc0b-a7f84529908e ro quiet splash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-36-generic root=UUID=ef1513cf-ddee-4714-bc0b-a7f84529908e ro quiet splash SourcePackage: plymouth TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-text/kubuntu-text.plymouth UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/12/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2205 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z97-A dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2205:bd02/12/2015:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnZ97-A:rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS ** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1450155 Title: If X fails to start, Plymouth should redirect to a command line login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1450155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs