The dialog box saying low graphics mode allows me to exit to console, if I do that, I can see on console 7 (ALT+F7):
[FAILED] Failed to start Light Display Manager. See "systemctl status lightdm.service" for details. [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Graphical Interface. Entering the suggested command: lightdm.service - Light Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: resources) since Sun 2015-03-22 11:57:36 CET; 4min 44s ago Docs: man:lightdm(1) Process: 982 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lightdm (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 978 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(basename $(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null))" = "lightdm" ] (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 982 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mar 22 11:57:35 antares systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state. Mar 22 11:57:35 antares systemd[1]: lightdm.service failed. Mar 22 11:57:36 antares systemd[1]: lightdm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Mar 22 11:57:36 antares systemd[1]: lightdm.service failed to schedule restart job: Transaction is destructive. Mar 22 11:57:36 antares systemd[1]: Unit lightdm.service entered failed state. Mar 22 11:57:36 antares systemd[1]: lightdm.service failed. issuing command "service lightdm start" starts lightdm though, and I can login and work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434396 Title: Xserver does not start on boot (low-graphics mode) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1434396/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs