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[Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've experienced the "no GUI after installing lubuntu" problem.

Here are the details relevant to my case:-

Here are the technical details:-
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian 630M Sep 28 17:10 lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian  444 Sep 28 17:07 MD5SUMS_lubuntu
ian@rutherford:~/isos$ md5sum lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso
62da9daeaa314fa22b6fbced57568827  lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso

It installed OK with no problems. However, when booted up, apart from
the BIOS screen, nothing is displayed. This PC originally had a working
lubuntu 14.04LTS running on it perfectly.

Hardware used:-
Dell Optiplex GX50
1.3GHz Celeron
512MB RAM
20GB Hard disc
CD-ROM drive

Grub2 does run. I've switched it on and pressed the left shift button to
get to the Grub2 screen and played around with that to no a

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Title:
  Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

Status in Light Display Manager:
  Invalid
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  used the daily iso 2015-09-19 i386
  ran installation on virtualbox 4.3.16

  after installation, the system won't boot into the graphical
  interface. instead, switching to vt1 and back to vt7 reveals the
  attached errors.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-16.22-generic 3.16.2
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-16-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Sep 19 17:09:17 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=de keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=de
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-19 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140919)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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