The bug is still there in a new installation of Trusty GNOME Ubuntu daily built (updated fully) and is still there in my always-updated Saucy installation.
It's discouraging to submit a bug report, hear nothing for three months, and then get an email that since nothing has happened on the bug report (ahem!), I should download and install the current daily build of the next release (Trusty). Nevertheless, I finally did just that. The bug is the same. GNOME Ubuntu, whether Saucy or Trusty, is nearly unusuable on my computer because of it. I have to reboot multiple times and sometimes can succeed in logging in. I can go to a console and restart gdm and sometimes successfully get in. Once in a blue moon the greeter screen actually shows up normally. Otherwise, it is gray and I have to try to type my password in blind. Sometimes that works. I have to hit the Enter key first (to set focus on my username, I presume). I can load the OS with "nomodeset" and get to the greeter screen, but that is really ugly and pretty much a useless approach for my daily needs. Right now in Trusty I have no panels and no menus. If I boot to Saucy and then boot back to Trusty I might have panels again. If I apply "nomodeset" I might have panels again. I can't find the terminal command to restore the panels, and I haven't had sufficient google-fu to find out how online. My video card is a Radeon HD 4350. I'm pretty sure that's the source of the trouble. /dr -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1251165 Title: Boot-up typically opens to blank gray greeter screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1251165/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
