No graphical / lightdm boot on Lubuntu 18.04?

[verulian]

I'm able to get graphics up on the initial installation phase of Lubuntu 18.04, however after the system installs it doesn't seem to start up lightdm or xorg at all - no graphics, just console. Any idea as to what might be going on here that's preventing it from starting?

I was able to install other Linux distros such as q4os and get the graphical interface up just fine, but Lubuntu is proving to be a real hassle.

 

[tom]

Its a known issue/bug on Ubuntu, hopefully they include the fix soon.

the easy workaround:
=> Change the virtual graphic card to "VirtIO-GPU" or to "vmware" or use SPICE.

 

[verulian]

Interesting, there is no "VirtIO-GPU" in Hardware -> Display:

But "VMware compatible" does get it going...

 

[verulian]

So while VMware compatible does work on 18.04, when I try Lubuntu 19.04 beta the system hangs at:
[drm:vmw_driver_load.cold.19 [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Hardware has no pitchlock

 

[tom]

Interesting, there is no "VirtIO-GPU" in Hardware -> Display:
...

In this case, you do not run latest version, upgrade to latest stable:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Downlo...Proxmox_Virtual_Environment_5.x_to_latest_5.3

 

[verulian]

Strange, I am running Proxmox 5.3 already... but I think I just figured out the issue. Since I'm not an enterprise user I would need to disable the enterprise repository and add the non-subscription repo, is that correct?

Ie, to `/etc/apt/sources.list` add:
# PVE pve-no-subscription repository provided by proxmox.com,
# NOT recommended for production use
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve stretch pve-no-subscription

Then `apt update && apt dist-upgrade`. I suspect when I do this things will work as you're explaining...

 

[verulian]

So after the update as per above and a reboot I'm unfortunately still hitting this black screen on 19.04. Hmm.