[Bug 1548864] Re: Ubuntu GNOME Xenial iso briefly boots to tty1, then demands password, and installer may quit & drop to login screen

[Erick Brunzell]

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Title:
  Ubuntu GNOME Xenial iso briefly boots to tty1, then demands password,
  and installer may quit & drop to login screen

Status in ubuntu-gnome-meta package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ### Updated bug description

  Testing the 16.04.1 release candidates I've encountered the above with
  both Intel ® GMA4500 and nVidia GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a graphics
  chips when booting from the standard boot menu. If the iso boots to
  the login screen I can simply click on Live Session User w/o entering
  any password and get to a functional live DE.

  I've also encountered installer "crashes" where the installer
  seemingly just dies (maybe when the screensaver activates) and after
  rolling up the blinds I find that I've landed back at the login
  screen. In this case the simple workaround is to start the
  installation from the advanced boot menu.

  Selecting either Try Ubuntu GNOME without changes or Install from the
  advanced boot menu works perfectly fine without the need to edit or
  add any boot parameter.

  This does not affect Ubuntu, so it seems to be Ubuntu GNOME specific.

  ### Original bug description

  Testing Ubuntu GNOME Xenial 20160222.1 amd64 and I find that selecting
  Try Ubuntu GNOME from the standard boot menu displays TTY 1 and
  requests a username but the keyboard appears to enter no text. It will
  however eventually boot to the login screen. After several tries I
  find the following steps reproduce the behavior:

  (1) Boot Ubuntu GNOME Xenial live image, wait for the standard boot menu to appear, and select Try Ubuntu GNOME.
  (2) You'll find that the screen displays TTY1 + requesting a user name.
  (3) Do nothing and wait 2 to 3 minutes after which a GUI login screen appears.
  (4) Click on Live session user and a new screen appears requesting a password.
  (5) Enter nothing and press Enter and you'll finally get to the live desktop.

  I was going to upload some pics of what happens but I'm unable to
  mount my camera in the live session.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: casper 1.367
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.367
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Feb 23 14:58:37 2016
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160222.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: casper
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  mtime.conffile..etc.casper.conf: 2016-02-23T14:53:15.379536

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