Public bug reported: We support unattended installs of Ubuntu using the preseed method.
When testing Ubuntu 14.10 desktop we noticed that after an unattended install /etc/init.d/rc would exit after /etc/init.d/lightdm start was called. This is repeateable after a reboot, do an unattended install, and then modiy /etc/init.d/rc to log each startup script invocation to a file, you will see that lightdm is the last script to run. In particular /etc/init.d/rc.local does not run when switching to run level 2, which is how we noticed it. Adding a --background flag to the start-stop-daemon call in /etc/init.d/lightdm works around this issue and does not seem to hurt anything. That may not be the correct fix, but it is a work-around. It appears a signal is generated from lightdm that goes through the controlling tty and kills /etc/init.d/rc. --background stops that from happening. I was unable to determine why it only happens after an unattended install. There are other known issues with unattended install in 14.10 that may or may not be related. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: lightdm 1.12.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Nov 3 10:05:04 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-30 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.init.d.lightdm: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.lightdm: 2014-10-30T08:49:42.799999 ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1388937 Title: lightdm start kills /etc/ini.d/rc after unattended (preseeded) install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1388937/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs