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[Paul Abrahams <abrahams@xxxxxxx>]

I too get this message in Kubuntu 14.10.  I have a Lenovo laptop with
Intel integrated graphics.

I actually have two Kubuntu 14.10's in different partitions on this
machine.  I'm writing this from what I'll call P1, which I had abandoned
because the partition was too small for my needs. So I created P2, which
has plenty of space.  P2 was running just fine for a couple of months
when it suddenly started misbehaving badly.  After a reboot (to P2) I
got just a black screen, though I was able to get to a virtual console
with Ctl-Alt-F1 and thus get much more information about the system.
When I booted P2 via a slightly different route I got the "error while
reading from descriptor" message.

So I now have P1, which works but is not fully usable, and P2, which
gives me a black screen.  That opens up some potential ways of
diagnosing the problem since I can compare the two systems.  In
particular, I ran dmsg in both systems and compared the two outputs to
find the first significant difference.   I found this sequence in P2:

[    1.143424] [drm] Replacing VGA console driver
[    1.143428] checking generic (e0000000 410000) vs hw (e0000000 10000000)
[    1.143429] fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA
[    1.143449] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25

But in P1 (the correct one) the lines 428 and 429 are absent.

This probably points directly to the bug if only I knew how to interpret
it.  P2 was fully updated when it started misbehaving; P1 was not.

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Title:
  init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

Status in Upstart:
  Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [   16.934379] init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: init 1.20ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-11.16-generic 3.16.1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Sep  2 17:23:15 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-27 (128 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
  SourcePackage: init-system-helpers
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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