I have the same configuration as the OP it seems so if they have abandoned the report I am happy to take over. The error in the log was: Failed to initialize EGL
I have a mobile AMD GPU with open source drivers: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620 Full unity 8 log here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/16581290/ The comment suggesting $ sudo sysctl restart lightdm fails with sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/restart: No such file or directory sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/lightdm: No such file or directory Switching TTYs and back again doesn't help. I still have a completely black screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mir in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537389 Title: The Desktop Never Loads and just stays on a black screen Status in Mir: Incomplete Status in mir package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in unity8-desktop-session package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The cursor is also not shown, neither is the Unity 8 Lock Screen or Indicators. Ubuntu 16.04 Daily ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: unity8-desktop-session-mir 1.0.12+15.10.20150609-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3 Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Jan 23 18:44:45 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-22 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160122.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: unity8-desktop-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1537389/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
