Public bug reported: I wanted to try mir, I installed the unity-system-compositor package (no ppa), and restarted my computer. After the reboot the process "unity- system-compositor" wasn't running, it seems like a bug:
There is this in my lightdm log: ... [+0.49s] DEBUG: Launching process 1482: /usr/sbin/unity-system-compositor.sleep --from-dm-fd 10 --to-dm-fd 13 --vt 7 [+0.49s] DEBUG: Seat: Waiting for system compositor for 60s [+0.49s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager [+0.49s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 [+5.18s] DEBUG: Seat: Compositor closed communication channel [+5.31s] DEBUG: Process 1482 exited with return value 1 ... And this in the USC log (this is the whole file): ERROR: /build/buildd/mir-0.0.10+13.10.20130827.1/src/server/graphics/gbm/real_kms_output.cpp(185): Throw in function virtual bool mir::graphics::gbm::RealKMSOutput::set_crtc(uint32_t) Dynamic exception type: boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<std::runtime_error> > std::exception::what: Output LVDS-1 has no associated CRTC to set a framebuffer on --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: unity-system-compositor 0.0.1+13.10.20130826.1-0ubuntu1+build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-4.9-generic 3.11.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-4-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Aug 28 14:49:01 2013 GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0009] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-29 (121 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: unity-system-compositor UnitySystemCompositorLog: ERROR: /build/buildd/mir-0.0.10+13.10.20130827.1/src/server/graphics/gbm/real_kms_output.cpp(185): Throw in function virtual bool mir::graphics::gbm::RealKMSOutput::set_crtc(uint32_t) Dynamic exception type: boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<std::runtime_error> > std::exception::what: Output LVDS-1 has no associated CRTC to set a framebuffer on UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-24 (64 days ago) version.libdrm: libdrm2 2.4.46-1 version.lightdm: lightdm 1.7.11-0ubuntu1 version.mesa: libegl1-mesa-dev N/A ** Affects: unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217877 Title: Unity system compositor not running To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-system-compositor/+bug/1217877/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs