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["Stephen M. Webb" <stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/29/2014 10:06 AM, Leonard Krajewski wrote:
> Hello! I'm not able to run Unity 8 in my setup.
> My hardware is Mir compatibile: (from http://unity.ubuntu.com/mir/using_mir_on_pc.html)(See attachment)
> I prepared ubuntu-desktop-next.iso using unetbootin. It loads lightdm(Thus just Xserver?) with login screen . I log
> using ubuntu-desktop-next login and blank password. And black screen appears and backing me to lightdm login screen.
> command :
> ps aux | grep unity-system-compositor just tell it's disabled .
> 
> I tried this usb flash drive with Hp 6730b (Intel GMA 4500) and it worked like charm. Booted directly into Mir
> lockscreen, and then worked fine

It sounds like Mir is having trouble with the particular video hardware.  Would it be possible to retrieve the file
/var/log/lightdm/unity-system-compositor.log from the failing system?  That file may have valuable diagnostics.

> Not sure it's the right place to ask for help with Ubuntu-Desktop-Next.

This is a good place.  You can also report general bugs against the unity8-desktop-session project in Ubuntu [1] and
they will get redirected to a more appropriate place if necessary.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8-desktop-session

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Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>