The difference between live-image and installed system is that the live- image session doesn't have /dev/fb0 around while an installed system does (by efifb). I've no idea why that is.
but for some reason fbdev fails to use that device set up by efifb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1794280 Title: gdm doesn't start on a fresh installation of Cosmic Desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1794280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs