Activity log for bug #1110580

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2013-01-30 16:55:05 Willem Hobers bug added bug
2013-01-30 16:55:45 Willem Hobers description After upgrading to 12.04.1 LTS (from the previous LTS) my ubuntu will at times fail to show the login screen. Roundabout 4 out of 10 times of booting the "Ubuntu five dots"-screen disappears, no login screen (GDM) appears but only tty1, with "login: ". If I then login and do "sudo gdm" I get the message: failed to acquire org.gnome.displaymanager could not acquire name; bailing out. Whatever I try I can't solve this problem. A reboot (or two or three) may finally result in the normal GDM-login screen and Ubuntu working normally. Any advice? Ps I have switched from lightdm to GDM because lightdm gave many more problems than GDM now does. Please advice. After upgrading to 12.04.1 LTS (from the previous LTS) my ubuntu will at times fail to show the login screen. Roundabout 4 out of 10 times of booting the "Ubuntu five dots"-screen disappears, no login screen (GDM) appears but only tty1, with "login: ". If I then login and do "sudo gdm" I get the message: failed to acquire org.gnome.displaymanager could not acquire name; bailing out. Whatever I try I can't solve this problem. A reboot (or two or three) may finally result in the normal GDM-login screen and Ubuntu working normally. Ps I have switched from lightdm to GDM because lightdm gave many more problems than GDM now does. Jeet suggest I report this as a bug
2013-01-30 16:56:06 Willem Hobers description After upgrading to 12.04.1 LTS (from the previous LTS) my ubuntu will at times fail to show the login screen. Roundabout 4 out of 10 times of booting the "Ubuntu five dots"-screen disappears, no login screen (GDM) appears but only tty1, with "login: ". If I then login and do "sudo gdm" I get the message: failed to acquire org.gnome.displaymanager could not acquire name; bailing out. Whatever I try I can't solve this problem. A reboot (or two or three) may finally result in the normal GDM-login screen and Ubuntu working normally. Ps I have switched from lightdm to GDM because lightdm gave many more problems than GDM now does. Jeet suggest I report this as a bug After upgrading to 12.04.1 LTS (from the previous LTS) my ubuntu will at times fail to show the login screen. Roundabout 4 out of 10 times of booting the "Ubuntu five dots"-screen disappears, no login screen (GDM) appears but only tty1, with "login: ". If I then login and do "sudo gdm" I get the message: failed to acquire org.gnome.displaymanager could not acquire name; bailing out. Whatever I try I can't solve this problem. A reboot (or two or three) may finally result in the normal GDM-login screen and Ubuntu working normally. Ps I have switched from lightdm to GDM because lightdm gave many more problems than GDM now does. Jeet suggests I report this as a bug
2013-01-30 20:21:51 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags bot-comment
2013-01-30 20:48:57 Fabio Marconi bug added subscriber Fabio Marconi
2013-01-30 20:49:01 Fabio Marconi ubuntu: status New Incomplete
2013-01-31 16:02:23 Willem Hobers attachment added syslog (after last, correct, boot) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1110580/+attachment/3509099/+files/syslog
2013-01-31 17:36:02 Fabio Marconi description After upgrading to 12.04.1 LTS (from the previous LTS) my ubuntu will at times fail to show the login screen. Roundabout 4 out of 10 times of booting the "Ubuntu five dots"-screen disappears, no login screen (GDM) appears but only tty1, with "login: ". If I then login and do "sudo gdm" I get the message: failed to acquire org.gnome.displaymanager could not acquire name; bailing out. Whatever I try I can't solve this problem. A reboot (or two or three) may finally result in the normal GDM-login screen and Ubuntu working normally. Ps I have switched from lightdm to GDM because lightdm gave many more problems than GDM now does. Jeet suggests I report this as a bug Jan 31 11:17:08 emachine gnome-session[1466]: WARNING: Failed to start app: Unable to start application: Uitvoeren van dochterproces ‘gnome-power-manager’ is mislukt (Bestand of map bestaat niet) Jan 31 11:17:08 emachine gdm-session-worker[1777]: WARNING: Unable to load file '/etc/gdm/custom.conf': Bestand of map bestaat niet Jan 31 11:17:08 emachine gdm-session-worker[1777]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_value_get_boolean: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_BOOLEAN (value)' failed Jan 31 11:17:08 emachine dbus[573]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.Accounts' (using servicehelper) Jan 31 11:17:09 gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: last message repeated 4 times Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.4.2/./gtk/gtkwidget.c:7117: widget not within a GtkWindow Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: Gtk-CRITICAL: gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width: assertion `width >= 0' failed Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: Gtk-CRITICAL: gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width: assertion `width >= 0' failed Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: Gtk-WARNING: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -47 and height -47 Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: Gtk-CRITICAL: gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width: assertion `width >= 0' failed Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: Gtk-CRITICAL: gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width: assertion `width >= 0' failed Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: Gtk-WARNING: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -47 and height -47 Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: CRITICAL: get_column_number: assertion `i < gtk_tree_view_get_n_columns (treeview)' failed Jan 31 11:17:09 emachine gdm-simple-greeter[1768]: CRITICAL: get_column_number: assertion `i < gtk_tree_view_get_n_columns (treeview)' failed After upgrading to 12.04.1 LTS (from the previous LTS) my ubuntu will at times fail to show the login screen. Roundabout 4 out of 10 times of booting the "Ubuntu five dots"-screen disappears, no login screen (GDM) appears but only tty1, with "login: ". If I then login and do "sudo gdm" I get the message: failed to acquire org.gnome.displaymanager could not acquire name; bailing out. Whatever I try I can't solve this problem. A reboot (or two or three) may finally result in the normal GDM-login screen and Ubuntu working normally. Ps I have switched from lightdm to GDM because lightdm gave many more problems than GDM now does. Jeet suggests I report this as a bug
2013-01-31 18:36:25 Willem Hobers attachment added output after doing as Fabio suggested. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1110580/+attachment/3509386/+files/output
2013-01-31 21:10:44 Willem Hobers attachment added syslog after suggested solution https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1110580/+attachment/3509499/+files/syslog
2013-02-01 17:27:16 Fabio Marconi affects ubuntu gnome-session (Ubuntu)
2013-02-01 17:27:26 Fabio Marconi gnome-session (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2013-02-01 19:50:11 Sebastien Bacher affects gnome-session (Ubuntu) gdm (Ubuntu)
2013-02-02 10:51:57 Willem Hobers attachment added syslog https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/1110580/+attachment/3511463/+files/syslog
2013-02-05 17:03:19 Willem Hobers attachment added syslog after problem, but working lightdm https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/1110580/+attachment/3516006/+files/syslog
2013-04-26 23:13:04 Tim Lunn bug added subscriber Tim
2013-12-04 23:45:33 Launchpad Janitor gdm (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed