** Description changed: 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. + After purge of old packages with command "sudo aptitude purge ~c" 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. + The best would be to fix the original bug, i.e. symlink to X deleted + when purging old packages. This can occur on Ubuntu LTS upgraded w/ HWE + as the xserver-xorg package changed, while this won't occur on other + systems. 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
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