Here is the last of the output after running the first test repo update command in comment #73 on the Bug1832138VM.zip VM I built.
I'm guessing either there is an integrity issue upstream or more likely there is a missing step so that a system that has been using the default repo settings is superseded by the test repo for the updated package(s). If I ignore these errors and upgrade after update I get the 49 year hang on reboot. E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.xz File has unexpected size (543836 != 543620). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 91.189.91.23 80] Hashes of expected file: - Filesize:543620 [weak] - SHA256:3b6cc1e3be5322bc0c88e8dbeecee75d75ed68460ef281d94e9d59ed432224bb - SHA1:022b402b91b0d22d1e2c321c2417c875a2ee8428 [weak] - MD5Sum:a3e4b55f39d2645601f31ea6835092ad [weak] Release file created at: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:41:04 +0000 E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.xz E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/universe/dep11/icons-64x64.tar.gz E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1832138 Title: Login screen never appears on vmwgfx using bionic kernel 4.15 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux-hwe package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in linux-hwe source package in Bionic: Fix Released Status in mutter source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in linux source package in Eoan: Invalid Status in linux-hwe source package in Eoan: Invalid Status in mutter source package in Eoan: Invalid Bug description: [Impact] With most recent version of mutter installed. If running kernel is in the 4.15 serie (using the vmwgfx video kernel driver) and if the login screen uses wayland, then the login prompt doesn't appears. All we see is the purple background with ubuntu in white at the bottom, nothing else. The vmwgfx driver in kernels prior to 4.17 reported bogus timestamps using the wrong clock. This would lead us to wait forever (or at least 49 years) before rendering the next frame. There's no decisive way to know this kernel bug is going to happen before it does so just detect timestamps which are obviously going to cause freezes and ignore them. [Test case] 1) Use Virtualbox or VMware ESxi (if you have the infra) 1.1) [virtualbox] Make sure in the VM setting that the display uses 'VMSVGA' which will force the OS to pick 'vmwgfx' video kernel driver. You can confirm with 'lspci -nnvv' command. 2) Deploy a VM with Ubuntu 18.04.1 (which come w/ 4.15) 4) apt-get dist-upgrade 5) Reboot with 4.15 it will fails with hwe kernel 4.18 it will work as expected. # workaround [Potential regression] Low, it should fix vmwgfx and stop using the wrong clock. Sure thing, it can't be worse than actual situation where the login doesn't appears at all. [Other informations] upstream fix: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.2-rc5&id=37efe80ce85f [Original description] I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.2 desktop in a virtual machine under VMWare Fusion Pro V11.1.0 on MacOS Mojave 10.14.5, all on a 15inch 2018 Macbook Pro. I've been running this Ubuntu 18.04.2 VM without problem for many months without problem. Yesterday, I did 'sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade'. Upon rebooting, the system hangs immediately after displaying the splash screen. I never see a login screen. And I can't use Ctrl+Alt+F2 to navigate to a console/tty login. I can SSH into the system however. I've found that I can work around the hang/freeze if I uncomment the following line in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf; #WaylandEnable=false After uncommenting the WaylandEnable=false line and rebooting, then I see the login prompt as expected and I can then log in and use the system normally again. After the 'apt upgrade' my system is running linux kernel 4.15.0-51, as shown in this 'uname -a' output; Linux ubuntuvm1 4.15.0-51-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 15 14:27:21 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux lsb_release -a output; No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-51.55-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-51-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 CompositorRunning: None Date: Sun Jun 9 12:38:37 2019 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GpuHangFrequency: This is the first time GraphicsCard: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-06 (399 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-51-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro splash net.ifnames=0 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: None dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd04/13/2018:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform dmi.product.version: None dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.95-1~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1832138/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp