To summarize my system (what I think might affect the boot process up until lightdm):
- 64-bit Ubuntu 12.10 - Boot from 60 GB SSD (have mounted "/"on it) - I have an HDD with 1 NTFS partiotion & 1 ext4 partition mounted (in /mnt/...) - I use GNOME shell rather than Unity (but still lightdm, not gdm) - CPU is AMD Athlon x2 4850e - I have three OS:es in my GRUB menu (Ubuntu 12.10 + Win XP + Ubuntu 10.10) I have not spent enough time to see any pattern in when the boot process works or not. It seems to be about 50% chance that a boot will succeed or not (if not, I end up with the console + blinking cursor right before lightdm should have started). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066410 Title: lightdm doesn't load correctly on Ubuntu 12.10 Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't load correctly because lightdm shows only a mouse pointer and a blinking command-line cursor. I don't know if this is only Ubuntu 12.10 specific bug, because a similar error appeared on my friend's computer back in 2011 on Ubuntu 11.10. However, switching to a command line and restarting lightdm solves the problem per instance. Also rebooting the device solves it, but also only for the specific boot. Another reboot ends with the same "black screen with a working mouse pointer and a blinking cursor". I am using Asus Zenbook ux32vd (Intel HD Graphics 4000 + not used Nvidia GT620M - Optimus technology). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1066410/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
