*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1041998 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041998
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1041998
gdm fails on initial boot, due to broken initial VT switching.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447226
Title:
gdm does not start after bootup
Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Binary package hint: gdm
Hi,
This is not the same bug as #430494.
What happens is that the system boots and when gdm is started my
screen goes blank.
The keyboard does not respond to input, it is not possible for me to
switch to any other virtual terminal.
I can successfully boot into 'single' user mode and after (many)
reboots have discovered that if I include the word 'text' on the
command line, this prevents the gdm service from being started by
upstart.
I believe there are a number of problems.
1. gdm hitting an assertion and dying
2. upstart noticing that gdm has died and respawning it (or not respawning it
-- hard to tell as the system is unresponsive in a normal bootup)
When I have the 'text' keyword on the kernel command line, I can boot
to normal multiuser mode. From there I can see try to run gdm, which
upstart runs. It logs the fact that "gdm main process ended,
respawning" and eventually "gdm respawning too fast, stopped". I am,
however, able to successfully launch gdm (and then login and work
normally) by running 'gdm' as root. Which places the problem squarely
in between the interaction upstart and gdm.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 9 14:40:52 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu14
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en_US:en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686
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