User cannot login with lightdm. Drops back at login prompt after entering login data
Bug #878476 reported by
Matthias Metzger
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #871667: .Xauthority sometimes owned by root, which blocks login.
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This bug affects 3 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lightdm (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
After upgrading to 11.10, I can't login again via LightDM. I'm being dropped back to the login prompt after entering my login data.
Nevertheless, I can login as a guest...
As a temporary solution I'm using gdm.
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: Wed Oct 19 22:24:57 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (1 days ago)
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| Matthias Metzger (macellarius) wrote | #2 |
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| Matthias Metzger (macellarius) wrote | #3 |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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| Walldorf2000 (walldorf2000) wrote | #5 |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.