Reflecting on my original issue from the perspective of a lay user, crashing the windowing system because a custom configuration file couldn't be parsed seems like a bug in its own right. A lay user may understandably react very strongly to seeing a black screen at startup. If they have a more technical friend, they will hopefully ask for help, but if they don't, they might wipe their (probably not backed up) hard drive by doing a fresh install of Ubuntu (or Windows) or throw away their computer altogether (assuming they can afford another). In this case, ignoring the no longer valid /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf and instead warning about its missing driver simply would have reverted my touchpad to its default settings. I would have noticed that my customizations were being ignored upon upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 and immediately gone looking for the sloppy customization file I created by stitching together advice on the Internet. I realize that a lay user wouldn't be likely to attempt customizing X11, but you never know what outdated advice someone might copy and paste, and anything that can result in the total crippling of the system is majorly playing with fire.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1977695 Title: Xorg fails to start: (EE) Error parsing the config file Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Release: 22.04 xorg: Installed: 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1. Uncomment WaylandEnable=false in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf 2. Reboot. 3. See black screen after selecting Ubuntu at GRUB prompt. Login screen never loads. Unplugging any external monitors appears to have no effect on the bug. I am aware that most users of Ubuntu 22.04 see an option at the login screen to change the display manager. I have never seen such an option. My machine always uses Wayland unless I modify /etc/gdm3/custom.conf directly. Using Wayland is detrimental to my health, because the Night Light feature does nothing. I have nvidia- driver-510 installed. I am happy to provide further debugging information upon request. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-35.36-generic 5.15.35 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.gpu0: Error: path was not a regular file. .proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.mig: Error: path was not a regular file. .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: path was not a regular file. .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume .proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 510.73.05 Sat May 7 05:30:26 UTC 2022 GCC version: ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jun 5 15:47:31 2022 DistUpgraded: 2022-05-07 18:27:00,043 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: '/usr/lib/ubuntu-advantage/upgrade_lts_contract.py' DistroCodename: jammy DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 [8086:591b] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company HD Graphics 630 [103c:8259] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] [103c:8259] InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-09 (543 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) MachineType: HP OMEN by HP Laptop ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-35-generic root=UUID=13d7b775-7783-44fc-8e24-164127457fd4 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-05-08 (28 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2020 dmi.bios.release: 15.56 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.56 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 8259 dmi.board.vendor: HP dmi.board.version: 83.72 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.ec.firmware.release: 83.72 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.56:bd12/22/2020:br15.56:efr83.72:svnHP:pnOMENbyHPLaptop:pvrType1ProductConfigId:rvnHP:rn8259:rvr83.72:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:skuW2N35UAR#ABA: dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV HP Omen dmi.product.name: OMEN by HP Laptop dmi.product.sku: W2N35UAR#ABA dmi.product.version: Type1ProductConfigId dmi.sys.vendor: HP version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.110-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 22.0.1-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 22.0.1-1ubuntu2 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2build3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1977695/+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
