Just fixed for me, but it seems that last update in Lightdm and / or upstart broke things again. Symptoms are not quite the same, but the issues might be related...
Now X fails with these messages: [ 4.746] (WW) xf86OpenConsole: setpgid failed: Operation not permitted [ 4.746] (WW) xf86OpenConsole: setsid failed: Operation not permitted [ 4.748] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa [ 4.748] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting [ 4.748] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev [ 4.748] (EE) No devices detected. [ 4.748] Fatal server error: [ 4.748] no screens found I opened bug #1159099 against lightdm (but maybe its a duplicate after all). I also found references to the same type of problems in #799069. All related to a race condition / problem with upstart events between lightdm / plymouth. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to libdrm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982889 Title: X trying to start before plymouth has finished using the drm driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdrm/+bug/982889/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
