lightdm-gtk-greeter does not exit cleanly when logging in
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LightDM GTK Greeter |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Sean Davis | ||
lightdm-gtk-greeter (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Sean Davis |
Bug Description
lightdm-
Installed: 1.8.2-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.8.2-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.8.2-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04
10 March 2014
Image shows two dead 'lightdm-greeter' instances in taskbar upon login. Deskstop icons are not present but appear with left-click. Right-click does not bring up menu.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter 1.8.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Mar 10 17:27:14 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-10 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140310)
SourcePackage: lightdm-gtk-greeter
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter: | |
milestone: | none → 1.8.3 |
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter: | |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Medium → High |
assignee: | nobody → Sean Davis (smd-seandavis) |
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
milestone: | none → 1.8.4 |
It appears that lightdm-gtk-greeter is waiting for init (upstart) to exit. upstart is in turn waiting on the indicator services to exit. From the log:
** (lightdm- gtk-greeter: 2775): WARNING **: Failed to load user image: Failed to open file '/home/jack/.face': No such file or directory
init: indicator-power main process (2805) killed by TERM signal
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-sound main process (2807) killed by TERM signal
init: indicator-sound main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power respawning too fast, stopped
From ps waxf:
1939 ? Sl 0:01 /usr/sbin/ lightdm- gtk-greeter services- start x86_64- linux-gnu/ indicator- sound/indicator -sound- service
1966 ? S 0:00 init --user --startup-event indicator-
2000 ? Ssl 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/
(several such instances may be seen)