Lubuntu Precise live CD boots to a Unity-like DE

[Erick Brunzell]

I'm iso-testing the Lubuntu 20120201.2 i386 live image and it boots into a Unity-like DE. I doubt this is truly a casper bug but I'm stymied on what package to assign this to.

Also even after installation, if successful, it boots into a Unity-like DE. So I know it's not truly a casper bug but I don't seem to be able to file against the lubuntu meta-package.

Sorry to be inept, but I want to be sure this is at the very least addressed in the release notes.

I posted a couple of screenshots here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11655826&postcount=1

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/925358

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

I'm going to need logs to investigate this; but since I think I'm going to need to debug locally anyway, I'm just downloading the image and will give it a spin myself once I've retrieved it.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

Thanks Colin. From my own observations this only happens with hardware that supports 3D. In fact with my old C7 VIA with P4M800 I don't seem to be able to install at all w/o using the alternate image.

I'm sorry I didn't report this sooner (or more appropriately) but I honestly thought it was intentional until I'd posted the results at the forums.

But we can't release an image with a totally inappropriate representation of it's DE.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This is bug 918401. I'm going to track it there instead.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

I agree that the Lubuntu desktop image does not appear releaseable in
its current state, since its package set is simply not as intended.

The alternate image doesn't ship unity-greeter and so probably doesn't
suffer from this problem.