PeterKnaggs, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please test http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily- live/current/ and advise to the results?
** Description changed: - The Ubuntu 14.10 desktop amd64 live CD gives no graphical desktop on a Apple MacBookPro 8,3 (A1397) 2011 - (hardware described here: http://www.penlug.org/foswiki/bin/view/Main/HardwareInfoAppleMacBookProA1297 ). - - I also tested an upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04.02LTS to Ubuntu 14.10 and similarly lost the graphical login - as xorg no longer started (only the tty terminal login prompt appeared after reboot). - - Please let me know if any further info is needed to reproduce the issue on your side, or if you'd need me to - collect any further diagnostic info from the system, I'm a software engineer so I should be able to follow any - instructions you provide, including compiling patches etc. - - I'm somewhat surprised that xorg would stop working on the Apple MacBookPro 8,3 as it uses the - free radeon driver in Ubuntu 14.10 which has worked fine through many many Ubuntu upgrades - on this particular machine. - - To reproduce the issue: attempt to start an Apple MacBookPro 8,3 using the Ubuntu 14.10 desktop amd64 live CD. - Notice that no graphical desktop ever appears. - Alternately, after a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.02LTS, upgrade to 14.10, and notice no graphical desktop, only - they tty terminal login is presented. - - I've tried searching for an explanation through many launchpad bugs, but - haven't found any other reports. + The Ubuntu 14.10 desktop amd64 live CD gives no graphical desktop. + Alternately, after a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.02LTS, upgrade to + 14.10, and notice no graphical desktop, only they tty terminal login is + presented. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1436491 Title: Ubuntu 14.10 desktop amd64 live CD gives no graphical desktop on MacBookPro 8,3 Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The Ubuntu 14.10 desktop amd64 live CD gives no graphical desktop. Alternately, after a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.02LTS, upgrade to 14.10, and notice no graphical desktop, only they tty terminal login is presented. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1436491/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
