Gnome/X Window/Graphical Interface doesn't start after upgrading to 11.04

[yeagle]

Hello everyone,
i am new to Ubuntu, but already a big fan of it :). I have the following problem:

I just updated my Notebook (Lenovo y560 with i7) to the newest Ubuntu version 11.04 from 10.10. The upgrade process went fine - no problems. BUT after the restart, the booting process freezes after "checking battery state [ok]". the login screen doesn't come up - so no graphical interface :(. I restarted the system, but it still freezes (at the same point). Also bevor that happens, the screen flashes 3 or 4 times.
The good thing is - i can still acess tty1-6 and do things there.
So i tried to change my xorg.conf back to the old one (i had a backup of it), but that didn't help.

Hardware info (lspci) of my Notebook:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11)
00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11)
00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11)
00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11)
00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11)
00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5600 Series]
03:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller (rev 20)
03:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (rev 20)
03:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller (rev 20)
03:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller (rev 20)
05:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04)
ff:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04)
ff:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04)
ff:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)I don't have a clue how to fix this problem ... hope someone can help :)

[dino99]

try to boot in recovery mode ("shift" key down at bios end process to get grub menu) and select "repair packages"

[lechien73]

What happens if you try Ctrl-Alt-F8, instead of F7?

From a terminal does ps show the GUI as running?

[yeagle]

First of all - thanks for you help :)
I always tried to enter the grub by pressing ESC (and that didn't work).

Ok, so I entered the grub and tried to repair the packages: The command doesn't make any changes to the system (0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded).
(I wanted to add a log file... but i didn't find out if there is one and where it is located - didn't find one in /var/log)

Now, since i can access the grub (thanks to you) i tried to start in failsafeX - and that works.

But, I still get the same error, when I start my Notebook normally and I still don't know why...

Here is my boot.log:

fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
/dev/sda1: clean, 289281/18808832 files, 30421684/75219968 blocks
* Stopping Flush boot log to disk[ OK ]
Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.bin.firefox
* Starting AppArmor profiles  [ OK ]
* Setting sensors limits  [ OK ]
* Stopping System V initialisation compatibility[ OK ]
* Starting System V runlevel compatibility[ OK ]
* Stopping automatic crash report generation[fail]
* Starting eCryptfs[ OK ]
* Starting restore sound card(s') mixer state(s)[ OK ]
* Starting ACPI daemon[ OK ]
* Starting save kernel messages[ OK ]
* Stopping cold plug devices[ OK ]
* Stopping log initial device creation[ OK ]
* Starting CPU interrupts balancing daemon[ OK ]
* Starting load fallback graphics devices[ OK ]
* Starting enable remaining boot-time encrypted block devices[ OK ]
* Starting configure network device security[ OK ]
* Starting configure virtual network devices[ OK ]
* Stopping configure virtual network devices[ OK ]
* Starting save udev log and update rules[ OK ]
* Stopping restore sound card(s') mixer state(s)[ OK ]
* Stopping enable remaining boot-time encrypted block devices[ OK ]
* Starting anac(h)ronistic cron[ OK ]
* Stopping eCryptfs[ OK ]
* Starting regular background program processing daemon[ OK ]
* Starting deferred execution scheduler[ OK ]
* Stopping load fallback graphics devices[ OK ]
* Starting GNOME Display Manager[ OK ]
* Stopping save udev log and update rules[ OK ]
* Stopping save kernel messages[ OK ]
* Starting ClamAV virus database updater freshclam  [ OK ]
speech-dispatcher disabled; edit /etc/default/speech-dispatcher
* Stopping anac(h)ronistic cron[ OK ]the only unusual thing is the one i marked red. But I think that is not the reason, why gnome/xwindow (or whatever it is, that doesn't work) doesn't start...

[yeagle]

What happens if you try Ctrl-Alt-F8, instead of F7?

From a terminal does ps show the GUI as running?

sry - i didn't see your reply...
Thank you for your help :)

Ctrl-Alt-F8 doesn't do anything.

ps -A show's the following:

PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:02 init
2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
3 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
6 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
7 ? 00:00:00 migration/1
9 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
11 ? 00:00:00 migration/2
12 ? 00:00:00 kworker/2:0
13 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/2
14 ? 00:00:00 migration/3
16 ? 00:00:06 ksoftirqd/3
17 ? 00:00:00 migration/4
19 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/4
20 ? 00:00:00 migration/5
21 ? 00:00:00 kworker/5:0
22 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/5
23 ? 00:00:00 migration/6
25 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/6
26 ? 00:00:00 migration/7
28 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/7
29 ? 00:00:00 cpuset
30 ? 00:00:00 khelper
31 ? 00:00:00 netns
33 ? 00:00:00 sync_supers
34 ? 00:00:00 bdi-default
35 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd
36 ? 00:00:00 kblockd
37 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
38 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
39 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_hotplug
40 ? 00:00:00 ata_sff
41 ? 00:00:00 khubd
42 ? 00:00:00 md
43 ? 00:00:05 kworker/0:2
44 ? 00:00:01 kworker/1:1
45 ? 00:00:00 kworker/2:1
46 ? 00:00:00 kworker/3:1
47 ? 00:00:01 kworker/4:1
48 ? 00:00:01 kworker/5:1
49 ? 00:00:03 kworker/6:1
52 ? 00:00:00 khungtaskd
53 ? 00:00:13 kswapd0
54 ? 00:00:00 ksmd
55 ? 00:00:00 fsnotify_mark
56 ? 00:00:00 aio
57 ? 00:00:00 ecryptfs-kthrea
58 ? 00:00:00 crypto
62 ? 00:00:00 kthrotld
63 ? 00:00:00 kmpathd
64 ? 00:00:00 kmpath_handlerd
65 ? 00:00:00 kondemand
66 ? 00:00:00 kconservative
144 ? 00:00:00 kworker/6:2
217 ? 00:00:01 kworker/3:2
218 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
219 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
220 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
221 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
222 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_4
223 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_5
228 ? 00:00:03 kworker/u:6
301 ? 00:00:00 jbd2/sda1-8
302 ? 00:00:00 ext4-dio-unwrit
354 ? 00:00:00 upstart-udev-br
360 ? 00:00:00 udevd
566 ? 00:00:00 edac-poller
571 ? 00:00:00 cfg80211
575 ? 00:00:00 kmemstick
629 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
757 ? 00:00:00 upstart-socket-
766 ? 00:00:00 hci0
767 ? 00:00:00 kworker/1:2
787 ? 00:00:00 hd-audio0
790 ? 00:00:00 hd-audio1
870 ? 00:00:00 rsyslogd
889 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
898 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
899 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
900 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
917 ? 00:00:00 modem-manager
928 ? 00:00:00 polkitd
949 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
958 ? 00:00:00 gdm-binary
962 ? 00:00:00 console-kit-dae
1084 ? 00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
1090 tty4 00:00:00 login
1094 tty5 00:00:00 getty
1120 tty6 00:00:00 getty
1134 ? 00:00:00 acpid
1157 ? 00:00:00 cron
1158 ? 00:00:00 irqbalance
1159 ? 00:00:00 atd
1238 ? 00:00:00 freshclam
1305 ? 00:00:00 bluetoothd
1308 ? 00:00:00 l2cap
1314 ? 00:00:00 kworker/4:2
1317 ? 00:00:00 krfcommd
1328 ? 00:00:00 atieventsd
1445 ? 00:00:00 flush-8:0
1492 tty1 00:00:00 login
1495 tty2 00:00:00 login
1655 tty2 00:00:01 bash
2144 ? 00:00:00 udevd
2145 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_6
2146 ? 00:00:08 usb-storage
2149 ? 00:00:00 udevd
2854 ? 00:09:59 mount.ntfs
2859 ? 00:00:07 flush-8:16
4223 tty2 00:27:16 rsync
4224 tty2 00:00:00 rsync
4225 tty2 00:05:07 rsync
4802 tty1 00:00:01 bash
8021 ? 00:00:01 kworker/u:1
8071 ? 00:00:00 kworker/7:0
8367 ? 00:00:00 anacron
9437 ? 00:00:00 sh
9438 ? 00:00:00 run-parts
9444 ? 00:00:00 apt
9492 ? 00:00:00 sleep
9493 tty3 00:00:00 login
9617 tty3 00:00:00 bash
9957 ? 00:00:01 kworker/0:3
10894 tty4 00:00:00 bash
11389 ? 00:00:00 kworker/7:2
12191 ? 00:00:00 kworker/0:0
12648 ? 00:00:00 kworker/u:0
12649 tty3 00:00:00 psI was thinking that maybe someone was going to ask this - so i copied this yesterday, while backing up my files (so don't wonder about the rsync process).
I don't know which processes are needed for the gui to work, but there is one (makred green) called gdm-binary and it seems to be running.

EDIT: On booting it also says: Starting GNOME Dislpay Manager [ OK ]

[nschubach]

I think there's something terribly wrong with the upgrade process...

I was finally able to get to a browser after going to CTRL-ALT-F1, logging in and manually running 'unity' then ctrl-alt-f7 back to the gui session. It doesn't seem to be starting up on boot.

If I 'killall -u <user>' on that prompt I can get the gui session to log out, but trying to load classic or any of the other options I still get nothing to load up besides recovery mode which only loads the command prompt.

This is with auto-login enabled... if I were a novice user, I'd be staring at a black screen with no options to run anything or clue on what I was supposed to do.

[yeagle]

Ok I solved the problem:

I started in failsafeX mode and reinstalled the ati graphics driver.

Now everythings works again as usual.

Thank you all for your help :)