Unity 8 desktop session no longer starts after transition to systemd

Bug #1429851 reported by Christopher Townsend
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity8-desktop-session
Fix Released
Critical
Christopher Townsend
unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Christopher Townsend

Bug Description

The recent upstart->systemd transition has broken the Unity 8 desktop session. After entering password in LightDM, the screen shows some text and then goes right back to LightDM.

Changed in unity8-desktop-session:
status: New → In Progress
Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in unity8-desktop-session:
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
Changed in unity8-desktop-session:
importance: High → Critical
assignee: nobody → Christopher Townsend (townsend)
Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Christopher Townsend (townsend)
Changed in unity8-desktop-session:
milestone: none → 1.1.0
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity8-desktop-session - 1.0.12+15.04.20150309-0ubuntu1

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unity8-desktop-session (1.0.12+15.04.20150309-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  [ Chris Townsend ]
  * Use "upstart" instead of "init" when starting the Unity 8 user
    session due to the upstart->systemd transition. (LP: #1429851)
 -- CI Train Bot <email address hidden> Mon, 09 Mar 2015 20:51:02 +0000

Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Changed in unity8-desktop-session:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Stephen M. Webb (bregma)
Changed in unity8-desktop-session:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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