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12.04 boot into terminal

Bug #1116154 reported by susah sebut
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Bug Description

suddenly my 12.04 can't boot normally this evening. everytime I boot it goes into tty terminal. can login just fine insisde terminal.
then try to run startx - it start to load a lot of process in terminal and stop without being able to get in X.

After few times of hard reset, I try to reinstall my ATI fglrx driver for HD77XX series from AMD (amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.run) the installation goes very well until the end, then I run startx in terminal. I've got into X windows but unity are not showing up. try to fire up untiy in terminal but the output are:
susahsebut@ubuntu-my:~/Desktop$ unity --version
unity 5.18.0
susahsebut@ubuntu-my:~/Desktop$ unity
unity-panel-service: no process found
Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : unity
Adding plugins
Initializing core options...done
compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x1800004

Initializing composite options...done
Initializing opengl options...done
Initializing decor options...done
Initializing vpswitch options...done
Initializing snap options...done
Initializing mousepoll options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing wall options...done
Initializing grid options...done
Initializing session options...done
Initializing gnomecompat options...done
Initializing animation options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done
Initializing workarounds options...done
Initializing scale options...done
compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture
Initializing expo options...done
Initializing ezoom options...done

(compiz:30542): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed
Initializing unityshell options...done
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0xc0009e!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.

(compiz:30542): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
susahsebut@ubuntu-my:~/Desktop$ cd ..

Then I try using sudo:
susahsebut@ubuntu-my:~$ sudo unity
unity-panel-service: no process found
Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : unity
Adding plugins
Initializing core options...done
Initializing composite options...done
Initializing opengl options...done
Initializing decor options...done
Initializing vpswitch options...done
Initializing snap options...done
Initializing mousepoll options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing wall options...done
Initializing grid options...done
Initializing session options...done
Initializing gnomecompat options...done
Initializing animation options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done
Initializing workarounds options...done
Initializing scale options...done
compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture
Initializing expo options...done
Initializing ezoom options...done

(compiz:32470): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed
WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:05 unity.favorites FavoriteStoreGSettings.cpp:139 Unable to load GDesktopAppInfo for 'ubiquity-gtkui.desktop'
ERROR 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity.launcher.trashlaunchericon TrashLauncherIcon.cpp:62 Could not create file monitor for trash uri: Operation not supported
Initializing unityshell options...done
WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity.favorites FavoriteStoreGSettings.cpp:139 Unable to load GDesktopAppInfo for 'ubiquity-gtkui.desktop'
WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity.favorites FavoriteStoreGSettings.cpp:139 Unable to load GDesktopAppInfo for 'ubiquity-gtkui.desktop'
WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity <unknown>:0 Unable to fetch children: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application0x1051070

WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity <unknown>:0 Failed to fetch path: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.application' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application0x1051070
WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity <unknown>:0 Unable to fetch children: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application0x1051070

WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity <unknown>:0 Failed to fetch type: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.window' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/window35655017
Initializing staticswitcher options...done
WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/libreoffice-writer.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon.
WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/libreoffice-calc.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon.
WARN 2013-02-05 18:52:06 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/libreoffice-impress.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon.
Setting Update "run_command_terminal_key"
Setting Update "fullscreen_visual_bell"
Setting Update "autoraise"
Setting Update "autoraise_delay"
Setting Update "toggle_window_shaded_key"
Setting Update "fullscreen_visual_bell"
Setting Update "main_menu_key"
Setting Update "run_command_terminal_key"
Setting Update "run_key"

I've got into unity but it's a whole new set of unity. all my previous item configured into unity are missing. such as, installed apps launcher shortcut, applet etc. Now, how can I get back my old machine, please. Do tell me any additional info you guys need regarding my problem and i will gladly give it. As I can recall before this happen I've done some update and only few things that I remember the update was chrome, and lightdm. other than that I can't really remember. After those update I haven't reboot my machine untill today.

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James Ramsay (f-jack) wrote :

I need you to run apport-bug 111615 so i can get the logs

Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
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susah sebut (sh00j13n) wrote :

Hi Mr Jack Ramsay.
Thank you for your reply, regarding my problem it has been solved and i suspect the problem comes from my graphic card driver from AMD (downloaded from amd - amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.run - Hardware HD 7750) are not really compatible with 12.04 component. This thing happened after the update from update manager regarding lightdm are installed.

Once I've revert my driver back to - amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64 my ubuntu got back to normal. Re-confirmed it twice by changing the driver again to installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64. I'm using amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64 only untill I've found new update from AMD site - amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-x86.x86_64.

The only problem from amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-x86.x86_64 are when i check my VGA controller from terminal using lspci it doesnt show me my graphic card model number.

susahsebut@ubuntu-my:~$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 683f

with amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64 it shows me my hardware model (HD7750) I've tried using driver from Additional Drivers Tools ever since I start using HD7750 but not quite happy with the result.

Do you still need the apport logs as you wrote above? furthermore I've formatted my installation due tomy HDD re-arrangement so my current system are not actually the same as the time I'm filing this bug. (been 7 months already)

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James Ramsay (f-jack) wrote : Re: [Bug 1116154] Re: 12.04 boot into terminal
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No we're doing a bug day trying to fix the unsolved bugs I'll mark it as
fixed thanks
On Sep 14, 2013 2:00 PM, "susah sebut" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Mr Jack Ramsay.
> Thank you for your reply, regarding my problem it has been solved and i
> suspect the problem comes from my graphic card driver from AMD (downloaded
> from amd - amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.run -
> Hardware HD 7750) are not really compatible with 12.04 component. This
> thing happened after the update from update manager regarding lightdm are
> installed.
>
> Once I've revert my driver back to - amd-driver-installer-
> catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64 my ubuntu got back to normal. Re-confirmed it
> twice by changing the driver again to installer-
> catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64. I'm using amd-driver-installer-
> catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64 only untill I've found new update from AMD
> site - amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-x86.x86_64.
>
> The only problem from amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-x86.x86_64 are
> when i check my VGA controller from terminal using lspci it doesnt show
> me my graphic card model number.
>
> susahsebut@ubuntu-my:~$ lspci | grep VGA
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> Device 683f
>
> with amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64 it shows me my
> hardware model (HD7750) I've tried using driver from Additional Drivers
> Tools ever since I start using HD7750 but not quite happy with the
> result.
>
> Do you still need the apport logs as you wrote above? furthermore I've
> formatted my installation due tomy HDD re-arrangement so my current
> system are not actually the same as the time I'm filing this bug. (been
> 7 months already)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116154
>
> Title:
> 12.04 boot into terminal
>
> Status in Unity:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> suddenly my 12.04 can't boot normally this evening. everytime I boot it
> goes into tty terminal. can login just fine insisde terminal.
> then try to run startx - it start to load a lot of process in terminal
> and stop without being able to get in X.
>
> After few times of hard reset, I try to reinstall my ATI fglrx driver
> for HD77XX series from AMD
> (amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.run) the installation
> goes very well until the end, then I run startx in terminal. I've got into
> X windows but unity are not showing up. try to fire up untiy in terminal
> but the output are:
> susahsebut@ubuntu-my:~/Desktop$ unity --version
> unity 5.18.0
> susahsebut@ubuntu-my:~/Desktop$ unity
> unity-panel-service: no process found
> Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
> Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no
> Backend : gconf
> Integration : true
> Profile : unity
> Adding plugins
> Initializing core options...done
> compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on
> 0x1800004
>
> Initializing composite options...done
> Initializing opengl options...done
> Initializing decor options...done
> Initializing vpswitch options...do...

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Stephen M. Webb (bregma) wrote :

Closing explicitly as not being a bug in Unity, as remarked above.

Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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