Errors thrown at boot: Security

[Rudra Saraswat]

DETAILS:

Version: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
Release: 20.04

xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.7+19ubuntu13
  Candidate: 1:7.7+19ubuntu13
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.7+19ubuntu13 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Xorg, at boot, through a couple of errors:

[ error ] display server started at tty -1

For 20 seconds, the xorg server went on complaining the same issue. I tried to ssh into the virtual machine in VirtualBox, and it simply logged in without a password.

Note:
      Automatic Login was disabled.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-9.12-generic 5.4.3
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperVersion: 1.438
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 7 11:41:03 2020
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: focal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405]
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200124)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Lsusb-t:
 /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci-pci/12p, 12M
     |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.board.version: 1.2
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.100-4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.2.4-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.6-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20190815-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Hello Rudra, can you please investigate your /var/log/auth.log file to see how the ssh logins were logged?

Thanks

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I can't see that error message in any of the attached logs. Can you please collect a full system log:

  journalctl -b0 > journal.txt

and attach it here?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

And/or attach a photo of the issue.

[Rudra Saraswat (rs2009)]

It was from the liveCD (Live environment), so I don't have it anymore (shutdown the live environment)

[Alex Murray (alexmurray)]

Please leave this bug marked public security so developers can see it if you want them to have a chance to help resolve it.

[Alex Murray (alexmurray)]

Also it is marked as incomplete since it is waiting on more information from you so we can help debug the issue. If you can no longer reproduce this then it should be closed as invalid.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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