blank screen after login in all sessions except lxde

[Santiago Gala]

After update I got this very annoying bug.

I can login in console, but, other than occassional windows with apport trash, I see nothing except a mouse pointer. It happens with ubuntu, gnome (all variants), cinnamon and openbox sessions. Only lxde (which a very expert friend suggested I tested) works.

The bug was further complicated by the fact that network-manager is unusable without X, the laptop does not have ethernet and I have only wifi here :(. I had to use usb tethering with my phone to install lxde and suffered a 36hours blackout
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ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sgala 4356 F.... pulseaudio
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0c12e085-1a4c-4d25-82e6-12e9de9c3e79
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-23 (117 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L322X
MarkForUpload: True
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic root=UUID=b070c03c-13d3-4c06-bb1c-08ffc0825577 ro nosplash -quiet quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.116
Tags: saucy
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-29 (18 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 05/15/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.name: 0PJHXN
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd05/15/2013:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL322X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0PJHXN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L322X
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
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ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sgala 10150 F.... pulseaudio
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0c12e085-1a4c-4d25-82e6-12e9de9c3e79
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-23 (117 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L322X
MarkForUpload: True
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic root=UUID=b070c03c-13d3-4c06-bb1c-08ffc0825577 ro nosplash -quiet quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.116
Tags: saucy
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-29 (18 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 05/15/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.name: 0PJHXN
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd05/15/2013:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL322X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0PJHXN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L322X
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Santiago Gala (sgala)]

I'm seeing lines such as:

(gnome-control-center:6639): Clutter-CRITICAL **: Unable to initialize Clutter: The OpenGL version could not be determined

when trying to start some services

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1251997

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Can you follow the "Boot options" instructions on the following wiki to enable additional output on boot:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot

As mentioned on the wiki, it would be great if you can attach a log file which may have captured any messages you see. If you are unable to capture a log file, a digital photo will work just as well. As a last resort you can even copy messages down by hand.

[Santiago Gala (sgala)]

No need. I found what is going on and fixed.

The machine got installed the nvidia-319-updates (I think this is a bug either in the 13.04 installer or in the 13.10 upgrader, as the machine has no nvidia hardware). A dist-upgrade, be it nvidia319 proper, kernel, xorg or whatever, made it then kick in and stop OpenGL working.

Without GL only xlde was functional, this is what I was experiencing.

Once I did sudo apt-get purge nvidia-319* and rebooted everything worked again...

If you tell me which log can tell the history of nvidia* stuff getting in I'll gladly send it. But I don't think debugging boot makes sense anymore for this bug.

Now, for the constant SIGSEGV of wpa_suplicant on resume it would be great to have a fix. Apport reports it like daily, but I've yet to see a solution after several months of wasted bandwidth, CPU and time... :)

[Santiago Gala (sgala)]

The problem is actually with non nvidia users installing libopencv-ocl2.4

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We install libopencv-dev in our development machines.

In the chain of dependencies, it causes nvidia-319-updates to be installed in a machine that has no nvidia, and this breaks openGL via update-alternatives.

If I install manually ocl-icd-libopencl1 before libopencv-dev instead, no problem happens...

[Santiago Gala (sgala)]

I can reproduce it easily and it happened also to a colleague with different hardware. Please ask if you need further info.