Xorg fails to start unless change from lightdm to gdm using Nouveau

[Bill Murnane]

Already reported, however this is a clean install of 12.04 and it still happens

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,wobbly,cube,td]
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sun May 13 22:33:01 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GpuHangFrequency: I don't know
GpuHangReproducibility: Yes, I can easily reproduce it
GpuHangStarted: Immediately after installing this version of Ubuntu
GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] [10de:0181] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae root=UUID=e49fd143-e503-4ef1-b86c-e83b0814dc15 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/13/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: RL86510A.86A.0089.P21.0502132202
dmi.board.name: D865PERL
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAC27648-210
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrRL86510A.86A.0089.P21.0502132202:bd02/13/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD865PERL:rvrAAC27648-210:cvn:ct2:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Doug Bates (coloneldare)]

Tryin to service/update an old PC for a neighbour (Athlon 1800+] <yawn> . Seemed to work fine on inital boot from '12.04 Alternate CD' dist update, but after running on-line updates it stalls after Greeter log-in.

If I choose 'Recovery mode' then 'resume normal boot' it comes up OKish (like now) but lacks video driver & at low res (should be 1440x900, but 1024x768 etc is all I am offered).
Thankx.

[Doug Bates (coloneldare)]

Oh, sorry, I forgot to say: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2)
D.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Bill Murnane, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]