lightdm gtk greeter failed to start

[frahergu]

Xserver does not start, due to a failed greeter.

from lightdm.log:

[+0.70s] DEBUG: User /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1001 added
[+0.73s] DEBUG: User /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1000 added
[+1.54s] DEBUG: Got signal 10 from process 1235
[+1.54s] DEBUG: DisplayServer x-0: Got signal from X server :0
[+1.54s] DEBUG: DisplayServer x-0: Connecting to XServer :0
[+1.54s] DEBUG: Quitting Plymouth; retaining splash
[+1.57s] DEBUG: Seat: Display server ready, starting session authentication
[+1.57s] DEBUG: Session pid=1264: Started with service 'lightdm-greeter', username 'lightdm'
[+1.60s] DEBUG: Session pid=1264: Authentication complete with return value 0: Success
[+1.60s] DEBUG: Seat: Session authenticated, running command
[+1.60s] DEBUG: Session pid=1264: Running command /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-greeter-session /usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter
[+1.60s] DEBUG: Creating shared data directory /var/lib/lightdm-data/lightdm
[+1.60s] DEBUG: Session pid=1264: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log
[+1.61s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
[+1.61s] DEBUG: Activating login1 session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/c1
[+1.71s] DEBUG: Session pid=1264: Greeter closed communication channel
[+1.71s] DEBUG: Session pid=1264: Exited with return value 0
[+1.71s] DEBUG: Seat: Session stopped
[+1.71s] DEBUG: Seat: Stopping; failed to start a greeter
[+1.71s] DEBUG: Seat: Stopping
[+1.71s] DEBUG: Seat: Stopping display server
[+1.71s] DEBUG: Sending signal 15 to process 1235
[+1.83s] DEBUG: Process 1235 exited with return value 0
[+1.83s] DEBUG: DisplayServer x-0: X server stopped
[+1.83s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7

from X-0-greeter.log

/usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libido3-0.1.so.0: undefined symbol: ubuntu_menu_item_factory_get_type

I've been unable so far to find the library containing the symbol.

Thanks.

Frahergu

[Andrew P. (kalgasnik)]

Can you provide more info (dist, greeter version)? It looks like the result of failed update, or using some modified packages.

[Andrew P. (kalgasnik)]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1226430

[frahergu (frahergu)]

Info about distro:

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="14.04.1 LTS, Trusty Tahr"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="14.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"

using Xubuntu 4.10

Info about greeter:

Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 914
Maintainer: Xubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.5-1ubuntu2~ubuntu14.04.1
Replaces: lightdm (<< 0.9.2-1), lightdm-gtk
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.30.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.1.4), libido3-0.1-0 (>= 13.10.0daily13.06.19), libindicator3-7 (>= 0.4.90), liblightdm-gobject-1-0 (>= 1.4.0), libx11-6
Recommends: desktop-base, gnome-themes-standard, gnome-icon-theme-symbolic, policykit-1
Breaks: lightdm (<< 0.9.2-1), lightdm-gtk
Conffiles:
 /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf a5f919e30b751b6840339d6366b46e83
Description: simple display manager (GTK+ greeter)
 A LightDM greeter that uses the GTK+ toolkit.
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter
Original-Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers <email address hidden>

with a lightdm

Package: lightdm
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 544
Maintainer: Robert Ancell <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10.1-0ubuntu1
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, sysv-rc (>= 2.88dsf-24) | file-rc (>= 0.8.16), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcrypt11 (>= 1.4.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libxcb1, libxdmcp6, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14), libpam-modules, adduser, libglib2.0-bin, dbus, plymouth (>= 0.8.8-0ubuntu6.1)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Recommends: xserver-xorg, unity-greeter | lightdm-greeter | lightdm-kde-greeter
Conflicts: liblightdm-gobject-0-0, liblightdm-qt-0-0
Conffiles:
 /etc/init.d/lightdm 506283f07afc03bc4d74437fac2372dd
 /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf b76b6b45d7f7ff533c51d7fc02be32f4
 /etc/pam.d/lightdm-greeter 175dc5fc5903124a38f7a8d74b9a3def
 /etc/pam.d/lightdm-autologin e192ee66bdfbf54fc7d869379f02f8ff
 /etc/pam.d/lightdm fcc2191b2fc7fab2b0d723faec5635cd
 /etc/lightdm/users.conf 9365d0d580a33cc9be3b5ad77ce5dcc8
 /etc/init/lightdm.conf 0288f8c2077484afe55a74b81c4dea31
 /etc/apparmor.d/lightdm-guest-session 7d122d506d65910f9252b5b36aeb13a1
 /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/lightdm 673415141c85dd8e03a24edd30124b02
 /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/lightdm_chromium-browser 54532af6815c8096323201cdb1946544
Description: Display Manager
 LightDM is a X display manager that:
  * Has a lightweight codebase
  * Is standards compliant (PAM, ConsoleKit, etc)
  * Has a well defined interface between the server and user interface
  * Cross-desktop (greeters can be written in any toolkit)
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/lightdm

Malfunction started indeed after an update, but I tried to reinstall a...