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[Bug 1488422] Re: Recovery from 'display cannot be detected' does not work properly

 

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  Recovery from 'display cannot be detected' does not work properly

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This morning I got a 'display cannot be determined' popup when I
  booted. On hitting Enter I got another popup with a menu prompting for
  an action. However I had no mouse pointer and the keyboard did not
  respond to Space, Tab, arrows or Enter so I could not actually make a
  choice. Hitting Escape got me out of it and the machine continued its
  boot sequence, but with errors and without a display manager.

  After logging in on a text console I ran 'startx' with no problems.

  
  Why I got the error in the first place is another question. It is possible that I did not switch on the monitor early enough :-)

  Severity: not something that a newbie would be able to handle.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xfce4 4.10.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-62.102-generic 3.13.11-ckt24
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-62-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Aug 25 09:40:05 2015
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: xfce4
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-23 (366 days ago)

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