I can reproduce this bug with today's desktop amd64 utopic iso in KVM. After installing, I had to reboot the VM about 4 times before I was presented with a solid purple screen. Switching to another VT I was able to type 'sudo service lightdm start' and was presented with the proper login screen.
-- 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/1371651 Title: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation Status in Light Display Manager: Invalid Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: used the daily iso 2015-09-19 i386 ran installation on virtualbox 4.3.16 after installation, the system won't boot into the graphical interface. instead, switching to vt1 and back to vt7 reveals the attached errors. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-16.22-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-16-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 19 17:09:17 2014 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=de keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=de InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140919) ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1371651/+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
