launch of graphical session fails and returns to log in screen
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Light Display Manager |
Incomplete
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
lightdm (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
After upgrading to beta version of ubuntu 12 I cannot log into my account. After typing the passsword or giving the finger print the screens returns to a tty text interface which shows the boot messages for about 3 seconds and then returns to the log in screen. Oddly enough, the two other acounts I have on the laptop login perfectly normal, on both Unity and Gnome3, though it should be noted that they do not have finger print login enabled. I can log into my account via tty text interface, it's just the graphical interface that won't launch.
I'm running:
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
on an Lenovo ThinkPad x60 Tablet
Possible involved packages:
gdm:
Installed: 3.0.4-0ubuntu15
Candidate: 3.0.4-0ubuntu15
gnome-session:
Installed: 3.2.1-0ubuntu6
Candidate: 3.2.1-0ubuntu6
gnome-shell:
Installed: 3.2.2.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.2.2.1-0ubuntu1
lightdm:
Installed: 1.1.7-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.1.7-0ubuntu1
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 10 16:22:59 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: gdm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-10 (0 days ago)
mtime.conffile.
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Incomplete |
affects: | gdm → lightdm |
Changed in lightdm: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
importance: | Undecided → High |
description: | updated |
Changed in lightdm: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
Thank you for your bug report, can you try to log in, then go to a vt (ctrl-alt-f1), copy ~/.xsession-errors and add it to the bug?
the issue seems similar to bug #951404
could you add your /var/log/syslog, Xorg.0.log, Xorg.0.log.old to the bug as well?