rmccarri
June 28th, 2013, 06:22 PM
Hi Everyone,
I restarted my computer earlier today and when it came back up, it got stuck on the purple Ubuntu splash screen. The system still booted, so I was able to SSH in and after doing some internet searching it seemed that lightdm was the issue. I uninstalled and purged it and everything starts up with the gdm. I've tried installing lightdm a few times to no avail. Here is the lightdm log file:
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.2.3, UID=0 PID=1241
[+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
[+0.08s] DEBUG: X server :0 will replace Plymouth
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Using VT 7
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Launching X Server
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Launching process 1306: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Process 1306 exited with return value 1
[+0.11s] DEBUG: X server stopped
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Stopping Plymouth, X server failed to start
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Display server stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping display
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Display stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping X local seat, failed to start a display
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping seat
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Seat stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Required seat has stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping display manager
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Display manager stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping daemon
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Exiting with return value 1
I can run with gdm and it seems that it's more stable in general. However, there is a slightly longer lag when booting (I've got a pretty fast computer running off an SSD that boots almost instantly with lightdm). I also prefer the unity-greeter visually. Has anyone else run into this issue and found a fix? I've also reinstalled the nvidia drivers and tried a different version as it seems that can cause issues. I've also gone with a default background as I've also seen that background outside of the default locations have caused issues as well. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Rob
I restarted my computer earlier today and when it came back up, it got stuck on the purple Ubuntu splash screen. The system still booted, so I was able to SSH in and after doing some internet searching it seemed that lightdm was the issue. I uninstalled and purged it and everything starts up with the gdm. I've tried installing lightdm a few times to no avail. Here is the lightdm log file:
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.2.3, UID=0 PID=1241
[+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
[+0.08s] DEBUG: X server :0 will replace Plymouth
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Using VT 7
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Launching X Server
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Launching process 1306: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Process 1306 exited with return value 1
[+0.11s] DEBUG: X server stopped
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Stopping Plymouth, X server failed to start
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Display server stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping display
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Display stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping X local seat, failed to start a display
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping seat
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Seat stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Required seat has stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping display manager
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Display manager stopped
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Stopping daemon
[+0.12s] DEBUG: Exiting with return value 1
I can run with gdm and it seems that it's more stable in general. However, there is a slightly longer lag when booting (I've got a pretty fast computer running off an SSD that boots almost instantly with lightdm). I also prefer the unity-greeter visually. Has anyone else run into this issue and found a fix? I've also reinstalled the nvidia drivers and tried a different version as it seems that can cause issues. I've also gone with a default background as I've also seen that background outside of the default locations have caused issues as well. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Rob