I have ann idenical problem to c4gamerz. It seems to be tied in with Wine and the latest updates to the kernel headers. It all went haywire after installing Wine and the headers on the same day.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1369216 Title: gpu-manager: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Get these lines logged into gpu-manager.log, on that fresh stock installation /etc/modprobe.d is not a file update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-14.20-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Sep 14 08:42:45 2014 ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-14-generic root=UUID=7c755ed6-51cc-4b75-88ac-9c75acf82749 ro SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSessionVersion: upstart 1.13.2 UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.13.2) modified.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.gdm.Init.Default: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: 2014-08-29T19:12:47.435075 mtime.conffile..etc.gdm.Init.Default: 2014-09-07T17:01:23.246055 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1369216/+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