Public bug reported: When I attempt to install and boot using lightdm, the system stops at startpar-bridge and will not advance into boot. I switched to kdm and system boots properly. This bug reared it's ugly head after installation of nvidia-331 from the Ubuntu repo's.
This into 14.04 Kubuntu. System: Host: Pats-Main Kernel: 3.13.0-4-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE 4.12.1 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty Machine: System: Gigabyte product: N/A Mobo: Gigabyte model: 990FXA-UD3 version: x.x Bios: American Megatrends version: F2 date: 07/15/2013 CPU: Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz 5: 1400.00 MHz 6: 1400.00 MHz Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] X.Org: 1.14.5 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1600x900@60.0hz, 1600x900@60.0hz GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 331.20 Audio: Card-1: NVIDIA GF116 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.13.0-4-generic Card-2: Logitech driver: USB Audio Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 74:d4:35:56:ed:09 Drives: HDD Total Size: 1064.2GB (15.4% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_SDSSDRC0 size: 32.0GB 2: id: /dev/sdb model: SanDisk_SDSSDRC0 size: 32.0GB 3: id: /dev/sdc model: ST31000528AS size: 1000.2GB Partition: ID: / size: 49G used: 6.5G (14%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 917G used: 147G (17%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.59GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap RAID: Device-1: /dev/md0 - active raid: 0 components: online: sda1 sdb1 Device-2: /dev/md1 - active raid: 0 components: online: sdb2 sda3 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 21.4C mobo: N/A gpu: 32C Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info: Processes: 207 Uptime: 20 min Memory: 1260.1/7950.1MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17 Please ask if you need other info ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-4.19-generic 3.13.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-4-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sat Jan 18 09:24:40 2014 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kubuntu lightdm trusty ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => lightdm (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270436 Title: Booting with Lightdm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1270436/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs