D4: dist-upgrade gives me portrait mode and no hildon desktop

[clort81]

I ran a dist-upgrade - 87 packages were updated.

On reboot I get portrait mode and no hildon desktop (just the applets: Clock, Profile, connection, Brightness). No background image. No way to start apps.

I can click and bring-up the phone profile selection.

Can't bring up internet connection.

Can't bring up a terminal.

Can't ssh-in.

/var/log/messages - looks normal to me, comparing to older bootlogs. hildon-home and hildon-desktop got started..

Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   20.030303] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   20.042724] qmi_wwan 3-1:1.8 wwan3: register 'qmi_wwan' at usb-4a064800.ohci-1, WWAN/QMI device, 16:3c:a5:13:29:ee
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   21.862213] ext2 filesystem being mounted at /boot supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   21.985046] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   21.988647] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   22.884918] urandom_read: 3 callbacks suppressed
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   22.884918] random: dd: uninitialized urandom read (512 bytes read)
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   25.864105] random: perl: uninitialized urandom read (4 bytes read)
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   26.020050] zram: Added device: zram0
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   26.082794] zram: Added device: zram1
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   26.177612] gnss: GNSS driver registered with major 242
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   26.187011] zram0: detected capacity change from 0 to 391471104
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   26.745330] mot-mdm6600-codec 4806a000.serial:modem:audio-codec@2: Master DAI is cpcap-codec.0
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   27.128906] random: alsactl: uninitialized urandom read (4 bytes read)
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   27.405059] Adding 382292k swap on /dev/zram0.  Priority:10 extents:1 across:382292k SS
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   27.406921] zram1: detected capacity change from 0 to 391471104
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   28.645019] Adding 382292k swap on /dev/zram1.  Priority:10 extents:1 across:382292k SS
Feb 13 01:31:22 ml2 kernel: [   30.078369] random: dbus-uuidgen: uninitialized urandom read (12 bytes read)
Feb 13 01:31:23 ml2 DSME: new state: DSME_STATE_USER
Feb 13 01:31:23 ml2 DSME: Module loading finished.
Feb 13 01:31:23 ml2 rsyslogd:  [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.1901.0" x-pid="1902" x-info="https://www.rsyslog.com"] start
Feb 13 01:31:23 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/sbin/temp-reaper ' started with pid 2051
Feb 13 01:31:23 ml2 DSME: process '/etc/osso-af-init/dbus-wrapper.sh' started with pid 2055
Feb 13 01:31:23 ml2 kernel: [   31.386260] random: crng init done
Feb 13 01:31:26 ml2 kernel: [   34.481262] vwl1271: disabling
Feb 13 01:31:28 ml2 waitdbus[2081]: trying to connect to the system bus
Feb 13 01:31:28 ml2 waitdbus[2083]: trying to connect to the session bus
Feb 13 01:31:29 ml2 kernel: [   36.685638] using random self ethernet address
Feb 13 01:31:29 ml2 kernel: [   36.725097] using random host ethernet address
Feb 13 01:31:29 ml2 kernel: [   36.837402] usb0: HOST MAC 46:f5:fc:be:22:24
Feb 13 01:31:29 ml2 kernel: [   36.871826] usb0: MAC 5a:75:0e:47:9d:8c
Feb 13 01:31:29 ml2 kernel: [   37.197357] musb-hdrc musb-hdrc.2.auto: musb_set_peripheral: already in peripheral mode: 98
Feb 13 01:31:29 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/sbin/ke-recv' started with pid 2100
Feb 13 01:31:29 ml2 ke_recv[2100]: handle_usb_event:513: E_CABLE_DETACHED in 0!
Feb 13 01:31:29 ml2 root: /usr/sbin/pcsuite-enable.sh: starting pcsuite
Feb 13 01:31:30 ml2 kernel: [   37.596038] using random self ethernet address
Feb 13 01:31:30 ml2 kernel: [   37.681060] using random host ethernet address
Feb 13 01:31:30 ml2 kernel: [   37.769073] usb0: HOST MAC 82:75:d2:1f:6d:1e
Feb 13 01:31:30 ml2 kernel: [   37.769073] usb0: MAC 12:f9:e1:cb:0f:59
Feb 13 01:31:30 ml2 kernel: [   37.769195] musb-hdrc musb-hdrc.2.auto: musb_set_peripheral: already in peripheral mode: 80
Feb 13 01:31:32 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/bin/Xorg -logfile /tmp/Xorg.0.log -logverbose 1 -nolisten tcp -noreset -s 0 -core' started with pid 2171
Feb 13 01:31:32 ml2 waitx[2173]: trying to get X display
Feb 13 01:31:32 ml2 waitx[2173]: trying to get X display
Feb 13 01:31:34 ml2 kernel: [   41.964141] PVR_K:(Error): PVRSRVOpenDCDeviceKM: no devnode matching index 0 [837, rivers/gpu/drm/pvrsgx/1.9.2253347/services4/srvkm/common/deviceclass.c]
Feb 13 01:31:34 ml2 kernel: [   42.119842] broken atomic modeset userspace detected, disabling atomic
Feb 13 01:31:35 ml2 waitdbus[2216]: trying to connect to the system bus
Feb 13 01:31:35 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/bin/clockd ' started with pid 2240
Feb 13 01:31:35 ml2 clockd: starting up
Feb 13 01:31:35 ml2 clockd: Date now is 2021-02-13 00:31:35 (DST OFF), TZ=:Europe/Zurich, offset 0/0, timezone=0, tzname=UTC/UTC
Feb 13 01:31:35 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/sbin/alarmd.wrapper ' started with pid 2262
Feb 13 01:31:38 ml2 kernel: [   46.434753] printk: console [ttyS2] disabled
Feb 13 01:31:38 ml2 kernel: [   46.503936] sysrq: Changing Loglevel
Feb 13 01:31:38 ml2 kernel: [   46.503967] sysrq: Loglevel set to 0
Feb 13 01:31:39 ml2 waitdbus[2730]: trying to connect to the system bus
Feb 13 01:31:39 ml2 waitdbus[2794]: trying to connect to the system bus
Feb 13 01:31:39 ml2 waitdbus[2795]: trying to connect to the session bus
Feb 13 01:31:39 ml2 DSME: process '/sbin/mce --force-syslog' started with pid 2797
Feb 13 01:31:40 ml2 waitx[2822]: trying to get X display
Feb 13 01:31:40 ml2 kernel: [   47.750854] cgroup: su (2807) created nested cgroup for controller "memory" which has incomplete hierarchy support. Nested cgroups may change behavior in the future.
Feb 13 01:31:40 ml2 kernel: [   47.750885] cgroup: "memory" requires setting use_hierarchy to 1 on the root
Feb 13 01:31:41 ml2 kernel: [   48.868927] defender (2844): /proc/2843/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/2843/oom_score_adj instead.
Feb 13 01:31:41 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/sapwood/sapwood-server' started with pid 2846
Feb 13 01:31:41 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/bin/systemui' started with pid 2848
Feb 13 01:31:41 ml2 systemui[2848]: Starting up as osso-systemui 0.2.0.19, locale: systemui at /usr/share/locale
Feb 13 01:31:41 ml2 systemui[2848]: Loading all plugins
Feb 13 01:31:41 ml2 systemui[2848]: GConf key for plugin prefix not found, using default prefix
Feb 13 01:31:41 ml2 systemui[2848]: GConf key for plugin path not found, using default path
Feb 13 01:31:41 ml2 systemui-tklock[2848]: Method call received from: :1.16, iface: com.nokia.system_ui.request, method: tklock_close
Feb 13 01:31:43 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/bin/hildon-sv-notification-daemon' started with pid 2899
Feb 13 01:31:43 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/bin/hildon-status-menu' started with pid 2913
Feb 13 01:31:43 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/bin/hildon-home' started with pid 2915
Feb 13 01:31:43 ml2 DSME: process '/usr/bin/hildon-desktop' started with pid 2918
Feb 13 01:32:49 ml2 clockd: Date now is 2021-02-13 00:32:49 (DST OFF), TZ=:Europe/Zurich, offset 0/0, timezone=0, tzname=UTC/UTC
Feb 13 01:32:49 ml2 clockd: Date now is 2021-02-13 00:32:49 (DST OFF), TZ=:Europe/Zurich, offset 0/0, timezone=0, tzname=UTC/UTC

This is the second time I've seen this. Any ideas?

[norayr]

i got the same sometime around that time. but then just backed up home, and reflashed latest image to the card, and it worked fine.

[clort81]

Flashing with latest image fixed for me too. Closing.