Ok solved it, the issue was the optional and driver, it had installed libraries in /opt and ld was preferring them..
Removed the ld.conf entries and rebooted. All is good now. `ld /usr/bin/mutter | grep drm` Gave me the hint. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2060391 Title: gnome desktop cannot start as mutter fails to find drmModeCloseFB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/2060391/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs