Lost my GUI in 14.10

[Israel]

Great Henk!
So everything works for both L(X)ubuntu?
This issue shouldn't be present then in the daily builds, is this correct?

You say there is a sound problem now?
Is this for Lubuntu or Xubuntu?

Maybe testing the daily image for Lubuntu will confirm that the
startx/nvidia issue is fixed.


On 09/06/2014 03:19 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
> I just read about an upgrade fix that was issued for nvidia 304.123
> (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1365336 at
> #45; there is an explanation at #32)
> Xubuntu 14.10 still needs startx to boot the desktop after an upgrade
> to this driver was received.
> Very strange there is still a sound problem in this distro.
>
> In Lubuntu 14.10 I did therefore also an upgrade sudo upgrade
> nvidia-304  and got the desktop back!
>
> Henk
>
> Israel schreef op 5-9-2014 om 22:33:
>> Hi Henk,
>> So, if I understand you
>> Lubuntu cannot enter the Destkop, because it cannot start the xserver.
>> Xubuntu fails to start the Xserver, but can start it from terminal.
>>
>> Is this correct?  The issue may still be the display manager since
>> Xubuntu does not start X automatically.  However there is a possibility
>> that Xorg in Utopic has changes that make supporting your card
>> difficult.  I wonder if there are any xorg or xserver updates since you
>> downloaded Lubuntu.  I think someone with more understanding of the
>> entire display process of Linux needs to jump in here...
>> But...  keep an eye on the updates, and see what packages come in an
>> either fix or break the machine.  I may set up a VM to test this, but I
>> have some other stuff going on right now that is taking up a lot of
>> time :)
>>
>> On 09/05/2014 02:46 PM, Henk Terhell wrote:
>>> Strange enough Xubuntu 14.10 on the same PC doesn't start in GUI but
>>> hangs after every boot at the terminal. After login and StartX the
>>> desktop appears.
>>> Both nouveau and NVDIA 304.123 video drivers do work well in Xubuntu
>>> 14.10 without any screen freezes so far . So there is difference with
>>> Lubuntu 14.10.
>>>
>>> In Lubuntu 14.10, sound handling is much improved and worked for me
>>> out-of-the-box.
>>> In Xubuntu 14.10 I haven't yet figured out how to get sound as
>>> Pulseaudio cannot find there my built-in monitor speakers.
>>>
>>> Henk
>>>
>>> Henk Terhell schreef op 5-9-2014 om 17:12:
>>>> Thanks Israel
>>>>
>>>> I had filed a bug report #1363919 in the nvidia drivers section some
>>>> days ago as I couldn't find a related report.
>>>> The screen dump of startx is different as before. It now only shows a
>>>> non-fatal error about XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (Type "ONE_Level" has
>>>> 1 levels but <RALT> has 2 symbols).
>>>> A good idea to install Xubuntu 14.10 alongside. I'll let you know.
>>>>
>>>> Henk
>>>>
>>>> Israel schreef op 5-9-2014 om 16:24:
>>>>> Hi Henk,
>>>>> My guess is that this is something to do with lightdm still, since
>>>>> you
>>>>> just got an upgrade for it.
>>>>> That would be the place to start looking.  You could search
>>>>> Launchpad to
>>>>> see if there is a bug related to this issue.  If you cannot find any,
>>>>> I'd suggest opening a bug for it.  It may effect users of different
>>>>> desktop environments as well, and then we can know that it is not a
>>>>> Lubuntu specific issue.  If it is specific to Lubuntu then it may be
>>>>> related to the Lubuntu session file.... (sorry I can't remember
>>>>> what it
>>>>> is called at the moment).  This is the Lubuntu specific 'startx'
>>>>> command.
>>>>> I am guessing you still cannot 'startx' and get X up.
>>>>>
>>>>> You could also try downgrading lightdm, I suppose, but that can be
>>>>> rather messy when you do things like that...
>>>>>
>>>>> Another option would be to install something like Xubuntu in a
>>>>> secondary
>>>>> partition and see if you are effected with the same issue when you
>>>>> update.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this is fully fixed before release!
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/05/2014 08:34 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Israel
>>>>>> If I recall correctly I got two times upgrades of 14.10 in last two
>>>>>> days, 3 sept. and today.
>>>>>> Lost my desktop again with the first one.
>>>>>> The output of your command is below:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Henk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> libdvdnav4:i386
>>>>>> simple-scan:i386
>>>>>> python3-gi:i386
>>>>>> linux-headers-generic:i386
>>>>>> linux-image-generic:i386
>>>>>> linux-libc-dev:i386
>>>>>> python-gi:i386
>>>>>> python-gobject:all
>>>>>> python3-update-manager:all
>>>>>> update-manager-core:all
>>>>>> update-manager:all
>>>>>> libldap-2.4-2:i386
>>>>>> chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:i386
>>>>>> lshw:i386
>>>>>> usb-creator-gtk:i386
>>>>>> usb-creator-common:i386
>>>>>> lightdm:i386
>>>>>> liblightdm-gobject-1-0:i386
>>>>>> language-pack-en:all
>>>>>> language-pack-gnome-en:all
>>>>>> iproute2:i386
>>>>>> libmpdec2:i386
>>>>>> libhunspell-1.3-0:i386
>>>>>> libstartup-notification0:i386
>>>>>> python3-problem-report:all
>>>>>> python3-apport:all
>>>>>> apport:all
>>>>>> apport-gtk:all
>>>>>> libfm-extra4:i386
>>>>>> libfm-gtk-data:all
>>>>>> libfm-data:all
>>>>>> libfm-gtk4:i386
>>>>>> libfm4:i386
>>>>>> libfm-modules:i386
>>>>>> upstart:i386
>>>>>> upstart-bin:i386
>>>>>> systemd-shim:i386
>>>>>> binutils:i386
>>>>>> cpp:i386
>>>>>> gcc:i386
>>>>>> g++:i386
>>>>>> pcmanfm:i386
>>>>>> lxshortcut:i386
>>>>>> libitm1:i386
>>>>>> libgomp1:i386
>>>>>> gcc-4.9-base:i386
>>>>>> libstdc++6:i386
>>>>>> libasan1:i386
>>>>>> libubsan0:i386
>>>>>> libcilkrts5:i386
>>>>>> libatomic1:i386
>>>>>> libquadmath0:i386
>>>>>> libgcc-4.9-dev:i386
>>>>>> cpp-4.9:i386
>>>>>> gcc-4.9:i386
>>>>>> g++-4.9:i386
>>>>>> libstdc++-4.9-dev:i386
>>>>>> libgcc1:i386
>>>>>> libpulse0:i386
>>>>>> libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386
>>>>>> linux-libc-dev:i386
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Israel schreef op 5-9-2014 om 15:00:
>>>>>>> Hi Henk,
>>>>>>> What packages were upgraded on your system?
>>>>>>> Something like this command:
>>>>>>> awk '$3~/^upgrade$/ {print $4;}' /var/log/dpkg.log
>>>>>>> can get that info.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 09/05/2014 03:52 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
>>>>>>>> The GUI has gone again after upgrades this week ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Henk
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Henk Terhell schreef op 2-9-2014 om 00:28:
>>>>>>>>> The upgrade received today on Lubuntu 14.10 has fully resolved
>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>>>>> Nvida-304.123 works OK now.
>>>>>>>>> My thanks to the dev team.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Henk
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Henk Terhell schreef op 1-9-2014 om 00:26:
>>>>>>>>>> After purging driver NVIDIA-304 I got my desktop back with the
>>>>>>>>>> default nouveau driver.  However opening Firefox rapidly
>>>>>>>>>> caused a
>>>>>>>>>> screen freeze.
>>>>>>>>>> The older NVIDIA-173 did the same after installing and
>>>>>>>>>> rebooting. I
>>>>>>>>>> therefore switched back to NVIDIA-304.123 from the list and
>>>>>>>>>> again no
>>>>>>>>>> GUI...
>>>>>>>>>> So now I know (a) the absence of GUI was caused by the driver
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> (b) none of the recommended video drivers for Lubuntu 14.10
>>>>>>>>>> beta can
>>>>>>>>>> be used on this Geforce 6100 card.
>>>>>>>>>> For Lubuntu 14.04 (and 14.10 alpha) the recommended
>>>>>>>>>> NVIDIA-304.117
>>>>>>>>>> does not cause any problems.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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