X trying to start before plymouth has finished using the drm driver

[ubername]

This bug is a dupe of bug #982889. Subscribe to that bug for updates on this issue.

[Original Report]
REbooting after synaptic updates - I think the update failed to fully install kernel 3.8.0-13 on previous update.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu2b1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-12.21-generic 3.8.2
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.84 Wed Feb 27 04:58:49 PST 2013
 GCC version: gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-22ubuntu3)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.9.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Sat Mar 16 08:54:46 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: raring
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-304, 304.84, 3.8.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-304, 304.84, 3.8.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GT] [10de:0391] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
JockeyStatus:
 kmod:nvidia_experimental_304 - Experimental NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 kmod:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 kmod:nvidia_304_updates - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 kmod:nvidia_173_updates - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 kmod:nvidia_304 - nvidia_304 (Proprietary, Enabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell DM061
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/X :0 -core -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none
ProcEnviron:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-12-generic root=UUID=2c1220e3-aa23-433c-985f-be11a1978d42 ro
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 OsAbort ()
 ?? ()
 FatalError ()
Title: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2.4.0
dmi.board.name: 0WG864
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.4.0:bd05/24/2007:svnDellInc.:pnDellDM061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0WG864:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dell DM061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.03.08-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.42-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0.3-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0.3-0ubuntu1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu2b1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.6-0ubuntu3b1
xserver.bootTime: Sat Mar 16 08:58:29 2013
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu2b1

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

This crash has the same stack trace characteristics as bug #1037518. However, the latter was already fixed in an earlier package version than the one in this report. This might be a regression or because the problem is in a dependent package.

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 OsAbort () at ../../os/utils.c:1266
 AbortServer () at ../../os/log.c:655
 FatalError (f=f@entry=0x7fc21bbdf582 "no screens found") at ../../os/log.c:793
 main (argc=11, argv=0x7fff8dee0ff8, envp=<optimized out>) at ../../dix/main.c:207

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Believed to be fix now as of plymouth (0.8.8-0ubuntu6.1) and lightdm (1.6.0-0ubuntu2.1).