Most of this is way over my head. Man, do I envy and admire all you who are light years ahead of this 59 yr. old who never touched a computer until a few yrears ago. I'm posting this for the many newbie users out there like me. I too was getting the "init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe" error in Lubuntu 14.10 with Nvidia GE 7300 Force using the recommended Nvidia 304 drivers (I got the error most of the time- but not always- although the boot always completed and I was always able to use the machine with no other errors). It just bugged me enough to start researching the error. I've read all the posts above and I'm really confused now. From the posts it seems the concensus is that its not necessarily Nvidia-related, but I decided anyhow to revert back to the basic Nouveau drivers...just for giggles and kicks.... the error is no more, and Lubuntu still seems to be flawless. Hmmm. Maybe this will help someone who gets the error and can't even get their machine to boot. Worth a try.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364630 Title: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe Status in Upstart: Confirmed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: [ 16.934379] init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: init 1.20ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-11.16-generic 3.16.1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Sep 2 17:23:15 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-27 (128 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2) SourcePackage: init-system-helpers UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/1364630/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
