since last update "Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode"

[Ákos Mattiassich]

Binary package hint: xorg

This happened after update following packages:
$ grep xorg /var/log/aptitude
xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu9 -> 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu9 -> 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.4+3ubuntu9 -> 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.4+3ubuntu9 -> 1:7.4+3ubuntu10

I can't get rid of low-graphics mode, if I choose Exit to console login, my monitor displays only an error message, that signal is out of range.
Now i can communicate with my PC only via ssh.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 12 20:39:35 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: FUJITSU SIEMENS ESPRIMO P
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic root=UUID=cdba7e7f-1812-4670-a29c-85773a4646c4 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=hu:de:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686
Xrandr: Error: command ['xrandr', '--verbose'] failed with exit code 1: Can't open display
XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3129): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
dmi.bios.date: 11/17/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS // Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: 5.00 R1.07.2151.A1
dmi.board.name: D2151-A1
dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
dmi.board.version: S26361-D2151-A1
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
dmi.chassis.version: ESPP
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnFUJITSUSIEMENS//PhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr5.00R1.07.2151.A1:bd11/17/2005:svnFUJITSUSIEMENS:pnESPRIMOP:pvr:rvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:rnD2151-A1:rvrS26361-D2151-A1:cvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:ct6:cvrESPP:
dmi.product.name: ESPRIMO P
dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
fglrx: Not loaded
glxinfo: Error: command ['glxinfo'] failed with exit code 255: Error: unable to open display
setxkbmap: Error: command ['setxkbmap', '-print'] failed with exit code 255: Cannot open display "default display"
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-15-generic
xdpyinfo: Error: command ['xdpyinfo'] failed with exit code 1: xdpyinfo: unable to open display "".

[Ákos Mattiassich (mattiassicha)]

Downgrade x11-common helped:

$ sudo aptitude -V install x11-common=1:7.4+3ubuntu7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
  x11-common [1:7.4+3ubuntu10 -> 1:7.4+3ubuntu7]

[Michael Ummels (urmel291)]

For me, going to konsole and restarting the login manager by "service kdm restart" helped.

[Michael Ummels (urmel291)]

Do you use KDM or GDM as login manager? I suspect, this is a problem with upstart introduced by the following patch introduced in xorf 1:7.4+3ubuntu8:

xorg (1:7.4+3ubuntu8) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/local/Failsafe/failsafe{XServer,Xinit},
    debian/x11-common.failsafe-x.upstart: convert Bulletproof-X support over
    to upstart, for compatibility with gdm in karmic. LP: #474806.
  * debian/rules: install the new upstart job with dh_installinit.
  * debian/control: bump the debhelper versioned build-dependency for the
    same

[Ákos Mattiassich (mattiassicha)]

I am using KDM

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 491483, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.