Ubuntu
lightdm package

Can't log in unless tailing log files

Bug #823501 reported by Barry Warsaw
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lightdm (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Okay, this one is truly bizarre.

With an up-to-date Oneiric (as of 20110809 1918 UTC), I cannot log in with lightdm using any desktop session *unless* I am ssh'd in from another machine and tail -f'ing ~/.xsession-errors and /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Without tailing, the screen just flashes a few times and then returns me to the login screen. With tailing, I am logged in as expected. I tried this both with Ubuntu 2D (my usual desktop) and regular ol' Ubuntu.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

thank you for your bug report, could log to a vt and see if you have stalling .ICEauthority or .Xauthority in your user dir? Does clean those fix the issue? Seems similar to bug #823718

Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

bug #823775 rather

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Barry Warsaw (barry) wrote :

Not sure what "stalling" means, but I rm'd .Xauthority (there's also a .ICEauthority file which I didn't touch), and now I can login like normal again. Why would this kill lightdm?

Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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