Natty daily ISO GUI stops after gdm login at blank wallpaper. dmesg shows compiz crashes at this point.

[MoLE]

Binary package hint: compiz

Using today's Natty ISO under virtualbox emulation. Similar issue to attempting to use the Maverick Netbook remix under Virtualbox.
- ie: gdm completes fine - selecting "Try ubuntu" at the gdm screen.
- GUI then stops after loading the wallpaper.
- No menu bar, mouse cursor present but not responsive to any mouse activity.
- able to switch to a text console
- dmesg reveals compiz segfaults as the most recent entry at this point.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-3.11-generic 2.6.37-rc1
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-3-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
Date: Sun Nov 14 12:09:44 2010
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101114)
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9~git20100924-0ubuntu3
 libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.0-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: compiz
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
Xrandr: Error: command ['xrandr', '--verbose'] failed with exit code 1: Can't open display
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.37-3-generic

[vmc (vmclark)]

Using both i386 and amd64 on two seperate machines with nvidia and ATI. Both fail with same errors. Complaining about compiz, "compiz opengl not found" among other errror messages.

[Dennis Sheil (dennis-sheil)]

I can reproduce this bug. The problem you're having and the dmesg segfault is the same as in bug #673830. I've set this as a duplicate to it.