[Bug 1385006] [NEW] no admin gui after 12.04 & hardware drivers updates

Fri Oct 24 02:20:06 UTC 2014

Public bug reported:

After installing the last routine 12.04 update the update manager
indicated that due to the age of my hardware it recommended I update to
an alternative set of drivers that would still be supported. Once that
install was completed the HP pavilion a620n PC with 2nd hard drive
reboots into 1 of 3 user screens. When I switch the user account to my
admin account my monitor goes blank (no loss of signal) and I'm stuck.
All I can do at that point is reboot the PC. This seems to be the exact
opposite of Question #256095.

In troubleshooting this problem I came across the following:
"
compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture 
Initializing expo options...done 
Initializing ezoom options...done 
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00090! 
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00093! 
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00096! 
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00099! 
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00099! 
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c0009c! 
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c0009f! 
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for `/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_main_menu' set in a read-only source at the front of your configuration path 
GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for `/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_run_dialog' set in a read-only source at the front of your configuration path 
Initializing staticswitcher options...done 
Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done 
Initializing unityshell options...done 
"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64~precise1-generic 3.13.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.7
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 23 20:39:51 2014
DpkgTerminalLog.txt: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/apt/term.log'
GsettingsChanges:

InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-08-13 (71 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise running-unity

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Title:
  no admin gui after 12.04 & hardware drivers updates

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After installing the last routine 12.04 update the update manager
  indicated that due to the age of my hardware it recommended I update
  to an alternative set of drivers that would still be supported. Once
  that install was completed the HP pavilion a620n PC with 2nd hard
  drive reboots into 1 of 3 user screens. When I switch the user account
  to my admin account my monitor goes blank (no loss of signal) and I'm
  stuck. All I can do at that point is reboot the PC. This seems to be
  the exact opposite of Question #256095.

  In troubleshooting this problem I came across the following:
  "
  compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture 
  Initializing expo options...done 
  Initializing ezoom options...done 
  compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00090! 
  compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
  compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00093! 
  compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
  compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00096! 
  compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
  compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00099! 
  compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
  compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c00099! 
  compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
  compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c0009c! 
  compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
  compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c0009f! 
  compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. 
  GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for `/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_main_menu' set in a read-only source at the front of your configuration path 
  GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for `/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_run_dialog' set in a read-only source at the front of your configuration path 
  Initializing staticswitcher options...done 
  Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done 
  Initializing unityshell options...done 
  "

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.17
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64~precise1-generic 3.13.11.7
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.7
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct 23 20:39:51 2014
  DpkgTerminalLog.txt: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/apt/term.log'
  GsettingsChanges:

  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-08-13 (71 days ago)

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