I've also encountered this bug/crash since I always change the cursor to
DMZ-White when I install Ubuntu and I reckon other ex-Windows users might also
do. Before that I've noticed this weird "X" cursor when desktop was loading
(see attachement).
I've replicated the bug using only the live USB (
As I recall, in the many ubuntu installations I did, it was one where I
put accountsservice on hold and then upgraded the system. Then, I run an
apt-get upgrade instead of apt, or something similar, so the hold was
not taken account of. I was afraid the PC would crash, but it did not,
it however di
As I mentioned, I think the problem is not related to nvidia drivers. If I
install nvidia drivers I have to do it by first disabling automatic log in at
startup, otherwise I get a login loop after first reboot. If I disable
automatic log in, then I do not get any crash when upgrading accountsser
I just reinstalled focal ubuntu with "log in automatically" checked and
I recorded the journalctl and timed the error at approximately 14:31:54.
I am attaching the log. The errors you saw previously such as
(EE) NOUVEAU(0): [drm] failed to set drm interface version
appear at 14:31:56 so after the
The newest log has errors as you said at 14:54:52 and the last line of
the log, probably when I saved it, reads 14:55:22. This means that
between the time of errors and time of log saving 30 seconds passed,
which seems correct as it is the amount of time it has taken me to ctrl-
alt-f3, enter crede
Public bug reported:
After a fresh install of Focal Fossa and running sudo apt update and
sudo apt upgrade, when the upgrade reaches "setting up accountsservice"
the PC freezes. After a reboot, the login screen did not appear anymore.
This was reproducible on another computer (laptop). I reinstall
