[Bug 982889] Re: X trying to start before plymouth has finished using the drm driver

[William Pietri]

Thanks, Steve. The box was set up by a vendor (Emperor Linux), so
perhaps they did something custom with the splash screens when I got it
18 months ago.

Aesthetically, making something vital (UI startup) depend on something
decorative (splash screens) seems odd. Perhaps future versions of this
can be made more robust.

In case somebody else with a similar problem finds this bug report, I
verified the problem by using debsums

  % sudo debsums  -a plymouth
  [most package items ok]
  debsums: missing file /etc/init/plymouth-log.conf (from plymouth package)
  debsums: missing file /etc/init/plymouth-upstart-bridge.conf (from plymouth package)
  /etc/init/plymouth.conf                                                       OK
  debsums: missing file /etc/init/plymouth-stop.conf (from plymouth package)
  /etc/init/plymouth-ready.conf                                                 OK
  debsums: missing file /etc/init/plymouth-splash.conf (from plymouth package)

And the precise command I used to fix the problem was:
  % sudo apt-get --reinstall -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confmiss install plymouth

That put back the missing files.

I also did "sudo debsums -s" to make sure nothing else important was
missing.

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Title:
  X trying to start before plymouth has finished using the drm driver

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Fix Released
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
  Fix Released
Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “gdm” source package in Precise:
  New
Status in “kde-workspace” source package in Precise:
  New
Status in “lightdm” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “gdm” source package in Raring:
  New
Status in “kde-workspace” source package in Raring:
  New
Status in “lightdm” source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in “gdm” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Released
Status in “kde-workspace” source package in Saucy:
  New
Status in “lightdm” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  X server fails to start the first time after boot, it works fine when
  I start it again.

  Looks like a race condition with intel drm initialization, i guess X
  tries to start faster than drm driver is initialized so it fails.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  Date: Mon Apr 16 10:35:28 2012
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: precise
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0102] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7750]
   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Barts XT [ATI Radeon HD 6800 Series] [1002:6738] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:21fa]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
  MachineType: MSI MS-7750
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=/dev/mapper/ssd-ubuntu--precise ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/25/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: V4.0
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV4.0:bd08/25/2011:svnMSI:pnMS-7750:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ68A-G43(G3)(MS-7750):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: MS-7750
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  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
  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

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