I can confirm graphical crash loop after upgrade from Ubuntu MATE 24.04 to 24.10. Please fix before release.
$ sudo tail /var/log/lightdm/seat0-greeter.log [+1,31s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from daemon [+1,31s] DEBUG: Read 35 bytes from daemon [+1,31s] DEBUG: Prompt user with 1 message(s) [+1,32s] DEBUG: background.vala:493: Background change requested, changing to: <system default bg image> /usr/share/arctica-greeter/backgrounds/arctica-greeter.png [+1,32s] DEBUG: background.vala:70: Making background /usr/share/arctica-greeter/backgrounds/arctica-greeter.png at 1920x1080 [+1,32s] DEBUG: Connected to Application Indicator Service. Segmentation fault (core dumped) [+0,00s] DEBUG: _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for ‘gsettings-backend’ [+0,00s] DEBUG: arctica-greeter.vala:967: HiDPI support: auto [+0,00s] DEBUG: Using cross-namespace EXTERNAL authentication (this will deadlock if server is GDBus < 2.73.3) -- 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/2081302 Title: Graphical crash loop on fresh installation Status in Ubuntu MATE: Fix Released Status in Ubuntu Unity: Fix Released Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Upon fresh install of Ubuntu Mate 24.10 beta (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/daily-live/20240918.1/oracular-desktop-amd64.iso), the installation completes successfully, but the reboot ends up in a kind of graphical crash loop. The mouse regularly warps back to the middle of the ever black screen. From time to time, I see a bunch of scrambled console output (see screenshot attached). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/2081302/+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