Some notes: 1) The contents of /var/log/lightdm.log aren't being touched - so perhaps it's not getting that far? 2) Hmm /var/log/upstart/lightdm.log
root@davros:/var/log/upstart# more lightdm.log /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found /proc/self/fd/9: 24: exec: lightdm: not found hmmmmmm; it looks like the lightdm packages got uninstalled (I did do an autoremove after the update so I suspect a dependency has gone); but given that log it looks like something was still trying to start lightdm and it hadn't updated to select a new dm. So that's still a bug - but not sure where; removing lightdm shouldn't try and start it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1369250 Title: Blackscreen; lightdm not starting up after update Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi, As of today lightdm isn't managing to start at all (blackscreen after the boot); if I log in on the console and then startx it's fine. This machine was upgraded to Utopic a month or ago and has been working fine; I did an apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade yeterday and it's the first reboot since then. Note: This machine is running KDE Framework 5 desktop ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: lightdm (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-14.20-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Sep 14 12:14:34 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-15 (302 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131115) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-06-28 (77 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1369250/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
