Slow startup of lightDM in Ubuntu 13.04

[Ro]

When starting up the PC, the tty1 login prompt is shown for ca. one minute, before the Unity login screen is shown. First is was once every x startups, now it is almost always.

This problem is introduced on an upgrade of Ubuntu to 13.04 from 12.10.

Suggested workarounds tried, but failed:
- choosing different driver for grafical card;
- adding sleep 2 before start lightDM

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic 3.8.0-29.42
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42-generic 3.8.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ronald 2031 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Date: Mon Sep 2 20:49:03 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2a70a086-21af-4490-aa96-d78caf67d7dd
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-18 (472 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP41-UD3L
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-29-generic root=UUID=c7741f68-6fd3-4478-9dd7-b797ecad1955 ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-29-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-29-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.106
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-05 (120 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F4
dmi.board.name: EP41-UD3L
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd04/03/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEP41-UD3L:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEP41-UD3L:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EP41-UD3L
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Does this issue go away if you boot back into the Raring kernel?

[Ro (lianenronald)]

I don know what you exactly mean by the Raring kernel.

I tried to boot in an older version of the kernel, 3.2.0.41 generic. The login screen is indeed shown after some seconds, however it was smaller than the monitor, and after login only the background was shown also smaller than the monitor. No launcher and no top menu/system tray was shown. The printer driver, normally displayed in the system tray, displayed an message “No system tray detected on this system”. So back to text mode and reboot. First shutdown now command stops after modem-manager messages. Second shutdown now command gives and failed on killing all remaining processes and stops. Hard reset needed.

Rebooted using the newest kernel, wait one minute and login. no launcher and no top menu/system tray was shown. So back to text mode and reboot.

Rebooted using the newest kernel, wait one minute and login with a different user. This worked fine, until shutdown the system. It ask for conformation, however mouse clicks and enter key had no effect. So back to text mode and reboot.

Hope this info helps, as I spent a considerable time to produce this, and will need to spend considerable time to restore the system.

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