.Xauthority sometimes owned by root, which blocks login
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Light Display Manager |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
lightdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Robert Ancell | ||
Oneiric |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Robert Ancell |
Bug Description
Each time I upgrade to a newer ubuntu on a particular machine, something breaks. Last time I was unable to log in via GDM and I have to reinstall the machine. This time, I upgraded to oneiric today, and, of course, lightdm cannot start unity nor unity-2d: after entering a correct password it just restarts itself.
This is a report using apport-cli - a duplicate of https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lightdm 1.0.1-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 10 11:58:51 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-10 (0 days ago)
summary: |
- unity does not start and the lightdm restarts after login + Stalled .Xauthority can block login |
summary: |
- Stalled .Xauthority can block login + .Xauthority sometimes owned by root, which blocks login |
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: | added: rls-mgr-o-tracking |
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
tags: | added: logout |
tags: | added: 12.04 greeter precise |
tags: | added: ubuntu |
Guest account can log in, but unity does not start - only a menu is shown in the upper menu bar. When I create user (sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash foo), the new user can log in no problem, and also unity launches correctly.