This happens sometimes on my machine:
Ubuntu 12.04 64bit
Intel SSD 335
Nvidia GTS 650 with NVIDIA drivers.
lightdm version 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.3
Tracked it to a race issue - if NVRM module is loaded before lightdm
starts, all is OK. (see logs in Post Scriptum)
My current configuration in /etc/init/lightdm.conf:
start on ((filesystem
and runlevel [!06]
and started dbus
and plymouth-ready)
or runlevel PREVLEVEL=S)
Post Scriptum: Logs clearly showing that when lightdm is started before the
NVRM module is loaded, and dies a horrible death:
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [ 5.944960] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0:
link is not ready
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.099801] init: lightdm main process
(1127) terminated with status 1
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.509805] HDMI status: Codec=0 Pin=5
Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.533772] HDMI status: Codec=1 Pin=5
Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.557710] HDMI status: Codec=2 Pin=5
Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.581717] HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=5
Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.581814] input: HDA NVidia
HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input10
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.581890] input: HDA NVidia
HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input11
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.581954] input: HDA NVidia
HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input12
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.582180] input: HDA NVidia
HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input13
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.583236] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A
-> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.583243] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting
latency timer to 64
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.583247] vgaarb: device changed
decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.583341] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX
x86_64 Kernel Module 319.32 Wed Jun 19 15:51:20 PDT 2013
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.794290] init: udev-fallback-graphics
main process (1380) terminated with status 1
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 6.951100] init: plymouth-stop pre-start
process (1400) terminated with status 1
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [ 7.533643] cfg80211: Found new beacon on
frequency: 2472 MHz (Ch 13) on phy0
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969489
Title:
lightdm tries (and fails) to start too early?
Status in Upstart:
New
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Sometimes lightdm comes up fine. Other times it appears to fail.
x-0.log shows it tried to load 'nv' (rather than 'nvidia' which is
what actually exists). When I then log into console and 'start
lightdm', it comes up fine (on :1).
I've not had it come up ok today, so I don't know if, when it comes up
fine, it starts on :0. No idea if the lightdm.conf needs a change to
'start on'clause, or if this is just a case of a bad shipped config
file (for module 'nv').
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lightdm 1.1.9-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 30 13:40:27 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64
(20120323)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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