Getting "Authentication Failed" and "Switch to greeter" message on login screen
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lightdm (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
A few months back I had the same problem, then I installed lightdm and ran it and since then bug was gone. But 2 days back I got the same bug, I tried running lightdm again, so to stop it I ran sudo stop lightdm but it gives out the message "unable to connect to upstart" and ends.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: lightdm 1.18.3-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-141-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Feb 7 09:42:53 2019
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InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-07 (244 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Aroosh Rana (arooshrana2) wrote | #1 |
