Desktop fails to load after login (displays tiled backgrounds)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Light Display Manager |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Unity |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
lightdm (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Was originally running 14.04-desktop in a VmWare Fusion v5-Pro guest. Ran fine for quite a while. A certain update a few months ago introduced an issue where I could no longer log in graphically. The guest console would present a normal login after boot, but attempting to log in causes the screen to display a tiled background and a failure to present any UI components. Ssh access remains accessible, so it seems to be purely a graphical desktop problem.
Anyway, I have since tried many things, including ensuring I had the latest updates, reinstalling unity, upgrading to 14.10, and upgrading Fusion to v7-Pro. The result is exactly the same. I will attach a screenshot.
To be fair, I do not know for sure this is a unity bug. But it is my best guess.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: unity 7.3.1+14.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
CurrentDmesg:
[ 387.002456] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (4419) terminated with status 1
[64190.685115] audit: type=1400 audit(142365864
[64190.685127] audit: type=1400 audit(142365864
[64190.697809] audit: type=1400 audit(142365864
Date: Wed Feb 11 12:10:03 2015
DistUpgraded: 2015-02-09 11:40:50,071 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: utopic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-21 (204 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0008 VMware, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: unity
UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2015-02-09 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00
dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: None
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixT
dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Tue Feb 10 13:55:12 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
input VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse MOUSE, id 7
input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8
input ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse MOUSE, id 9
xserver.errors:
Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
No surface to present from.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs: Output Virtual2 Virtual3 Virtual4 Virtual5 Virtual6 Virtual7 Virtual8
xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2
xserver.
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in unity: | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
importance: | Critical → Undecided |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Critical → Undecided |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.