For what it's worth, in case someone else stumbles into this: apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg
This fixed it. (Thanks dobey!) Michi. On 14 Aug 2015, at 6:53 , Michi Henning <michi.henn...@canonical.com> wrote: > Thanks for your help guys! > > There are no obvious errors in Xorg.0.log, but in lightdm.log, I find: > > DisplayServer x-0: Can't launch Xserver X -core, not found in path > DisplayServer x-0: Xserver stopped > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Michi. > > > On 14 Aug 2015, at 0:05 , Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak > <lukasz.zemc...@canonical.com> wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> I uploaded the intel, ati and nvidia drivers to the overlay PPA when >> working on getting this resolved. Those were the three drivers that >> seemed to be affected by the original bug. >> >> Cheers, >> >> W dniu 13.08.2015 o 15:15, Albert Astals Cid pisze: >>> Ah then probably you're not using the intel driver, i'd say have a >>> look at the /var/log/Xorg* and see which driver is failing, maybe we >>> need rebuilds of more drivers, myself i'm using >>> >>> ii xserver-xorg-core >>> 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu0.1~overlay1 amd64 >>> Xorg X server - core server >>> ii xserver-xorg-dev >>> 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu0.1~overlay1 amd64 >>> Xorg X server - development files >>> ii xserver-xorg-video-intel >>> 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2.3~overlay1 amd64 >>> X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Michi Henning >>> <michi.henn...@canonical.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 13 Aug 2015, at 21:05 , Albert Astals Cid <albert.ast...@canonical.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you update && dist-upgrade you should get the new intel driver from >>>>> the stable-phone-overlay that fixes it. >>>> >>>> Thanks! I tried that, but no joy. I still get a black screen with a >>>> blinking cursor at the top. >>>> >>>> I've tried both with both versions mentioned earlier, same result. >>>> >>>> What version should I be seeing for things to work? >>>> >>>> All this is in a VMWare Fusion VM. I've rebuilt Vmware Tools with both >>>> driver versions installed, but that didn't make any difference. >>>> >>>> Is anyone else around who has Vivid with the overlay working in VMWare >>>> Fusion? I'm running the latest version (7.1.2). >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Michi. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Michi Henning >>>>> <michi.henn...@canonical.com> wrote: >>>>>> After doing an upgrade and installing xserver-xorg-core=2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 >>>>>> again, I still don't get a desktop. >>>>>> The same thing happens with >>>>>> xserver-xort-core=2:1.17.2-1ubuntu0.1~overlay1. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can my desktop back? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Michi. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 6 Aug 2015, at 8:25 , Kevin Gunn <kevin.g...@canonical.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all - >>>>>> So I felt like this needed to be shared just in case. >>>>>> Some folks have added the ppa for stable-phone-overlay to their vivid >>>>>> desktop to assist their efforts with development activities for the >>>>>> phone. >>>>>> >>>>>> This has worked with no issues in recent history, however today it was >>>>>> discovered by one of our team mates that if you're using >>>>>> vivid+stable-phone-overlay on your desktop and you update(today) on intel >>>>>> you may not get graphics but... >>>>>> >>>>>> "Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: >>>>>> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: undefined symbol: xorgMir >>>>>> in /var/log/Xorg.*" >>>>>> >>>>>> To recover your graphics >>>>>> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core=2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm on wily so I can't speak to the experience or specifics, but I >>>>>> wanted to >>>>>> share just in case this might be effecting so silent but frustrated >>>>>> folks. >>>>>> br,kg >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak >> Foundations Team >> lukasz.zemc...@canonical.com >> www.canonical.com >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp