You have been subscribed to a public bug: Most times (but not always) I start up Ubuntu lightdm fails to start, hitting ctrl+alt+f1 and starting it manually (sude service lightdm start) works. the lighdm log give me:
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.0.6, UID=0 PID=1259 [+0.00s] DEBUG: Loaded configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf [+0.00s] DEBUG: Using D-Bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager [+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xlocal [+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xremote [+0.00s] DEBUG: Adding default seat [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting seat [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting new display for greeter [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting local X display [+0.01s] DEBUG: X server :0 will replace Plymouth [+0.03s] DEBUG: Using VT 7 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log [+0.03s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching X Server [+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching process 1303: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none [+0.03s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager [+0.03s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 [+0.19s] DEBUG: Process 1303 exited with return value 1 [+0.19s] DEBUG: X server stopped [+0.19s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 [+0.19s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7 [+0.19s] DEBUG: Stopping Plymouth, X server failed to start [+0.22s] DEBUG: Display server stopped [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping display [+0.22s] DEBUG: Display stopped [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping X local seat, failed to start a display [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping seat [+0.22s] DEBUG: Seat stopped [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping lightdm, required seat has stopped [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping display manager [+0.22s] DEBUG: Display manager stopped [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping Light Display Manager ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- lightdm frequently fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/918321 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp