[Intrepid] GNOME session does not start

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 status incomplete
 affects ubuntu/usplash
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More observations.

It appears that session starts (I hear Ubuntu login sound) but there is no image on the LCD panel. So, I started it and collected the requested info + Xorg.0.log (see attachment).

uname -a:
Linux ubuntu 2.6.26-5-generic #1 SMP Sun Aug 10 20:30:28 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

It turned out, that it is also possible to run live-session by selecting the "Install Ubuntu" entry (instead of "Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer") and then quitting the installer.

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Citing /var/log/xorg.0.log:

(II) intel(0): Output configuration:
(II) intel(0): Pipe A is off
(II) intel(0): Display plane A is now disabled and connected to pipe A.
(II) intel(0): Pipe B is on
(II) intel(0): Display plane B is now enabled and connected to pipe B.
(II) intel(0): Output VGA is connected to pipe none
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS is connected to pipe B
(II) intel(0): Output TV is connected to pipe none

Citing lspci -vvnn:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile
945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2]
(rev 03)

 status Confirmed
 assignee nobody

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It is weird.

On the installed Intrepid I switched off splash option immediately after install (few days back), because I could not get xsession running. Without splash option system booted and worked like a charm.

Now, I've put back a splash option and I can not reproduce the behavior consistently: sometimes system boots till the gdm login screen, sometimes it is not (out of 10 or so reboots).

So, the bug is not about live session and is not about alpha4 anymore...

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Closing this bug then. If you happen to have the issue again, don't
hesitate do reopen this bug by changing it's status to "New". Thanks
again for reporting and helping to make Ubuntu better.

 status invalid

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I still observe the behavior described in the initial posting.
Probably, the problem is not related to usplash. I will update bug description shortly.

Can not reproduce anymore after clean install of 8.10 beta.

The usplash package has been superseded by plymouth and has been removed from the Ubuntu archive. Closing all related bugs.