Possible duplicate: bug 1418456 . It has some interesting backtraces and valgrind logs.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1408910 Title: Ubuntu Desktop Next fails to start; just black screen and mouse pointer (unity8.log: std::exception::what: Failed to create shared EGL context) Status in Mir: Confirmed Status in Qt integration with the Mir display server: Confirmed Status in qtmir package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu Desktop Next fails to start. I just get a black screen and mouse pointer. So unity-system-compositor is working fine. Only the nested unity8 can't run: unity8.log: ~~~ () [1420794321.348507] (II) SharedLibrary: Loading libmirplatform5driver.so qtmir.mir: MirServer created [1420794321.423199] (II) Server: Starting libEGL warning: unsupported platform (null) ERROR: /build/buildd/mir-0.10.0+15.04.20150107.2/src/server/graphics/nested/nested_display.cpp(85): Throw in function void mir::graphics::nested::detail::EGLDisplayHandle::initialize(MirPixelFormat) Dynamic exception type: N5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorISt13runtime_errorEEEE std::exception::what: Failed to create shared EGL context ERROR: QMirServer - Mir failed to start terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<std::logic_error> >' what(): Cannot use configuration before apply_settings() call ~~~ I've also verified mir_proving_server with mir_demo_client_* runs fine in another VT. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1408910/+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