When this happens switch to TTY1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and restart lightdm. sudo systemctl restart lightdm
Unity 8 should start after this. There is another bug reported about this issue. Either mark that other one (Bug #1539811) as duplicate or this one. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537389 Title: The Desktop Never Loads and just stays on a black screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8-desktop-session/+bug/1537389/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs