Ubuntu 15.10 hangs on “Starting light display manager” on bootup
I recently updated to 15.10, and now when I boot up, It gets stuck on
"Starting light display manager" part of the boot sequence.
I've purged and installed xorg, lightdm, nvidia drivers, all about a hundred times. I've also looked everywhere online looking for solutions, but no success.
I have an Nvidia GeForce 750 card, and I've tried installing almost all the drivers from either their site or from aptitude.
How can I debug/fix this?
boot drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
edited Jul 6 '18 at 20:06
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I recently updated to 15.10, and now when I boot up, It gets stuck on
"Starting light display manager" part of the boot sequence.
I've purged and installed xorg, lightdm, nvidia drivers, all about a hundred times. I've also looked everywhere online looking for solutions, but no success.
I have an Nvidia GeForce 750 card, and I've tried installing almost all the drivers from either their site or from aptitude.
How can I debug/fix this?
boot drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
edited Jul 6 '18 at 20:06
WinEunuuchs2Unix
44.5k1078168
asked Nov 1 '15 at 2:48
Sgt. PepperSgt. Pepper
314
lightdn.log and x-0-greeter.log could help the debugging.
– Prolix
Nov 1 '15 at 14:47
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I recently updated to 15.10, and now when I boot up, It gets stuck on
"Starting light display manager" part of the boot sequence.
I've purged and installed xorg, lightdm, nvidia drivers, all about a hundred times. I've also looked everywhere online looking for solutions, but no success.
I have an Nvidia GeForce 750 card, and I've tried installing almost all the drivers from either their site or from aptitude.
How can I debug/fix this?
boot drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
edited Jul 6 '18 at 20:06
WinEunuuchs2Unix
44.5k1078168
asked Nov 1 '15 at 2:48
Sgt. PepperSgt. Pepper
314
I recently updated to 15.10, and now when I boot up, It gets stuck on
"Starting light display manager" part of the boot sequence.
I've purged and installed xorg, lightdm, nvidia drivers, all about a hundred times. I've also looked everywhere online looking for solutions, but no success.
I have an Nvidia GeForce 750 card, and I've tried installing almost all the drivers from either their site or from aptitude.
How can I debug/fix this?
boot drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
boot drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
edited Jul 6 '18 at 20:06
WinEunuuchs2Unix
44.5k1078168
asked Nov 1 '15 at 2:48
Sgt. PepperSgt. Pepper
314
edited Jul 6 '18 at 20:06
WinEunuuchs2Unix
44.5k1078168
asked Nov 1 '15 at 2:48
Sgt. PepperSgt. Pepper
314
edited Jul 6 '18 at 20:06
WinEunuuchs2Unix
44.5k1078168
edited Jul 6 '18 at 20:06
WinEunuuchs2Unix
44.5k1078168
edited Jul 6 '18 at 20:06
WinEunuuchs2Unix
44.5k1078168
44.5k1078168
asked Nov 1 '15 at 2:48
Sgt. PepperSgt. Pepper
314
asked Nov 1 '15 at 2:48
Sgt. PepperSgt. Pepper
314
asked Nov 1 '15 at 2:48
Sgt. PepperSgt. Pepper
314
314
lightdn.log and x-0-greeter.log could help the debugging.
– Prolix
Nov 1 '15 at 14:47
add a comment |
lightdn.log and x-0-greeter.log could help the debugging.
– Prolix
Nov 1 '15 at 14:47
lightdn.log and x-0-greeter.log could help the debugging.
– Prolix
Nov 1 '15 at 14:47
lightdn.log and x-0-greeter.log could help the debugging.
– Prolix
Nov 1 '15 at 14:47
add a comment |
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I have the same problem, but with an AMD card. I've found a work around by going into the console with
ctrl alt f1
sudo apt-get install xinit
then using the command
startx unity
I found a solution to the problem here Ubuntu 15.10 boot hangs when starting Lightdm
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
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answered Nov 1 '15 at 14:37
ReynReyn
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Sound support was disabled in the BIOS of the machine for me. Hence, no driver worked. This happened because I loaded the failsafe settings in the bios while trying to get the machine to boot via floppy, CD and USB. However, once I loaded the optimized defaults in the BIOS settings, everything worked fine.
answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:14
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I have the same problem, but with an AMD card. I've found a work around by going into the console with
ctrl alt f1
sudo apt-get install xinit
then using the command
startx unity
I found a solution to the problem here Ubuntu 15.10 boot hangs when starting Lightdm
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Nov 1 '15 at 14:37
ReynReyn
8114
add a comment |
I have the same problem, but with an AMD card. I've found a work around by going into the console with
ctrl alt f1
sudo apt-get install xinit
then using the command
startx unity
I found a solution to the problem here Ubuntu 15.10 boot hangs when starting Lightdm
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Nov 1 '15 at 14:37
ReynReyn
8114
add a comment |
I have the same problem, but with an AMD card. I've found a work around by going into the console with
ctrl alt f1
sudo apt-get install xinit
then using the command
startx unity
I found a solution to the problem here Ubuntu 15.10 boot hangs when starting Lightdm
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Nov 1 '15 at 14:37
ReynReyn
8114
I have the same problem, but with an AMD card. I've found a work around by going into the console with
ctrl alt f1
sudo apt-get install xinit
then using the command
startx unity
I found a solution to the problem here Ubuntu 15.10 boot hangs when starting Lightdm
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Nov 1 '15 at 14:37
ReynReyn
8114
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
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Sound support was disabled in the BIOS of the machine for me. Hence, no driver worked. This happened because I loaded the failsafe settings in the bios while trying to get the machine to boot via floppy, CD and USB. However, once I loaded the optimized defaults in the BIOS settings, everything worked fine.
answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:14
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Sound support was disabled in the BIOS of the machine for me. Hence, no driver worked. This happened because I loaded the failsafe settings in the bios while trying to get the machine to boot via floppy, CD and USB. However, once I loaded the optimized defaults in the BIOS settings, everything worked fine.
answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:14
sc533588sc533588
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add a comment |
Sound support was disabled in the BIOS of the machine for me. Hence, no driver worked. This happened because I loaded the failsafe settings in the bios while trying to get the machine to boot via floppy, CD and USB. However, once I loaded the optimized defaults in the BIOS settings, everything worked fine.
answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:14
sc533588sc533588
1
Sound support was disabled in the BIOS of the machine for me. Hence, no driver worked. This happened because I loaded the failsafe settings in the bios while trying to get the machine to boot via floppy, CD and USB. However, once I loaded the optimized defaults in the BIOS settings, everything worked fine.
answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:14
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answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:14
sc533588sc533588
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answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:14
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lightdn.log and x-0-greeter.log could help the debugging.
– Prolix
Nov 1 '15 at 14:47