Bug #1733557 “Login screen showing Authentication Failure Switch...” : Bugs : unity package : Ubuntu

Andrew Neeson (andyrokit) wrote on 2017-11-21:

#1

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no longer affects:

gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-11-23:

#2

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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

Stéphane Charette (stephanecharette) wrote on 2017-12-14:

#3

Anyone know either the cause, or a solution?

If it helps, the two computers where I'm seeing this also happen to be the two host computers where I run Virtualbox.

Andrew Neeson (andyrokit) wrote on 2017-12-14:

#4

My issues began shortly after upgrading from 16.10 -> 17.10. Most of my issues related to graphical components so perhaps it was related to the switch to Wayland?

...as for a fix - I ended up reformatting my machine with a fresh 17.10. Haven't seen any of the issues since.

See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1733318
for a list of other issues to happen at the same time.

Eugene Romanenko (eros2) wrote on 2018-01-06:

#5

Same on 16.04.3 after updating Unity to latest proposed packages.
Also on 17.10 with installed unity-session.

For me, this issue appears after switching to another user.

Steps to reproduce (must be more than one local users on system, eg. "bob", "alice"):
1. Login under bob.
2. Via upper-right menu switch to "alice".
3. On greeter screen setect "alice", login under alice.
4. Logout, return to greeter screen.
5. Select bob (already logged in). Enter password.
6. Lock screen. Issue appeared.
Issue appeared on every screen lock.

Messages in syslog:

Jan 6 17:15:33 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd[1411]: Stopped Backing Service for the Unity Panel in Lockscreen mode.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 1 time.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 2 time.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd[1411]: Starting Backing Service for the Unity Panel in Lockscreen mode...
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.glib.dbus.proxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:487 Calling method "EmitEvent" on object path: "/com/ubuntu/Upstart" failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.canonical.Unity.Test.Upstart was not provided by any .service files
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd-prestart-check[3804]: grep: /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/ubuntu.session: Нет такого файла или каталога
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd[1411]: Started Backing Service for the Unity Panel in Lockscreen mode.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd[1411]: Reached target A target that, when running, represents the screen being locked.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 3 time.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 4 time.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 5 time.

hife (hife) wrote on 2018-01-20:

#6

Same as Eugene, the problem started popping up after upgrading Unity. When I lock my screen or wake from suspend, I get the described behaviour.

As a temporary fix, is there a way to just skip that screen and always go to the greeter when locking the screen or suspending?

hife (hife) wrote on 2018-01-20:

#7

P.S.: To be precise, the message I get is not "Authentication failed", but "Authentication failure". This may be related to my system language being German.

Luis Alberto Pabón (copong) wrote on 2018-01-26:

#8

I'm seeing this also upon 17.10 upgrade in unity / lightdm / unity greeter.

It doesn't happen 100% of the time, typically takes some time time to manifest (I only ever suspend my laptop from monday to friday), but once it starts happening, it always happens until I shut down.

Eugene Romanenko (eros2) wrote on 2018-02-20:

#9

Appears on 16.04.3 after updating Unity to latest packages.
Also on 17.10 with installed unity-session.

For me, this issue appears after switching to another user.

Steps to reproduce (must be more than one local users on system, eg. "bob", "alice"):
1. Login under bob.
2. Via upper-right menu switch to "alice".
3. On greeter screen setect "alice", login under alice.
4. Logout, return to greeter screen.
5. Select bob (already logged in). Enter password.
6. Lock screen. Issue appeared.
Issue appeared on every screen lock.

Messages in syslog:

Jan 6 17:15:33 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd[1411]: Stopped Backing Service for the Unity Panel in Lockscreen mode.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 1 time.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 2 time.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd[1411]: Starting Backing Service for the Unity Panel in Lockscreen mode...
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.glib.dbus.proxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:487 Calling method "EmitEvent" on object path: "/com/ubuntu/Upstart" failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.canonical.Unity.Test.Upstart was not provided by any .service files
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd-prestart-check[3804]: grep: /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/ubuntu.session: Нет такого файла или каталога
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd[1411]: Started Backing Service for the Unity Panel in Lockscreen mode.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 systemd[1411]: Reached target A target that, when running, represents the screen being locked.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 3 time.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 4 time.
Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 5 time.

summary:	- Login screen showing Authentication Failed Switch to greeter... + Login screen showing Authentication Failure Switch to greeter...
affects:	lightdm (Ubuntu) → unity (Ubuntu)
tags:	added: 16.04 17.10 unity xenial

Eugene Romanenko (eros2) wrote on 2018-02-20:

#10

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Screenshot from virtualbox test install.

Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote on 2018-02-21:

#11

Something to do with pam. But this is only happening in 16.04...I can't reproduce on bionic (https://code.launchpad.net/~azzar1/unity/pam-logging-xenial)

Garcia David (davidgfolch) wrote on 2018-02-21:

#12

For me, in an Ubuntu 16.04, happends every time I lock (or my laptot sleeps) and the login screen appears. It seems that it happends since I've installed virtualbox 5.4?

Eugene Romanenko (eros2) wrote on 2018-02-21:

#13

> It seems that it happends since I've installed virtualbox 5.4?

Sure no, it just since latest unity update was landed in 16.04.

Eugene Romanenko (eros2) wrote on 2018-02-21:

#14

> only happening in 16.04...I can't reproduce on bionic

In artful and bionic this issue reproduceable if lightdm used as display manager.

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Eugene Romanenko (eros2) on 2018-02-21

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Jonathan Eckstein (jonathan.eckstein) wrote on 2018-02-23:

#15

This just started happening to me in 16.04 LTS. Not fatal, but annoying.

FYI, I use a KVM switch on one of two monitors connected to Ubuntu.

Georgi Tsenov (georgi-tsenov-90) wrote on 2018-02-23:

#16

This started happening to me after the following scenario:
- I had account for my wife, created on the machine, but she has not used it ever.
- today she logged in with her account.
- after she logged out the bug was present, when I attempted to log in.
Now when I Lock/Switch Account the bug is produced.

Eugene Romanenko (eros2) wrote on 2018-02-24:

#17

Sometimes I think Unity developers never use Unity actually, as this issue immediately visible when you share home PC with wife and children (assuming they have separate accounts).

Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote on 2018-02-24:

#18

@Eugene

It depends on the hardware/graphics. But as I said, I can't reproduce it on bionic (bionic has different unity/lightdm version). Can you reproduce it in a live iso?

Eugene Romanenko (eros2) wrote on 2018-02-24:

#19

> It depends on the hardware/graphics.

Sure, no. I tested and have this issue on home PC (16.04.3 after latest Unity update, AMD Phenom CPU/Nvidia GPU), work PC (17.10, Intel i7/Intel), Lenovo flex laptop (17.10, intel i5), and of course in VirtualBox (16.04.3 fresh install with latest updates, 18.04).

> But as I said, I can't reproduce it on bionic (bionic has different unity/lightdm version). Can you reproduce it in a live iso?

Not tried live iso, but I have test box with up-to-date 18.04. Just two days ago I tried:

Added second user account;
sudo apt install unity-session lightdm
sudo apt purge ubuntu-session gnome-shell gdm3

Reboot, login as first user, start second user session, end session, return to first user session, lock screen - issue here.

Bionic live iso does not have unity and lightdm preinstalled, so them will be downloaded from repository anyway.

Garcia David (davidgfolch) wrote on 2018-02-24:

#20

In my case, I've installed virtualbox-dkms 32bits, in host "Ubuntu 16 64bits", instead than in the virtualbox hosted "Ubuntu 16 32bits"

When I've removed those 32bits libs the problem disappeared.

Roberto Ribeiro de Avillez (roberto-avillez) wrote on 2018-02-24:

#21

It started to happen to my laptop today after I did an upgrade.

Ubuntu 16.04.

4.13.0-36-generic #40~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 23:25:58 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Start-Date: 2018-02-24 14:43:33
Commandline: apt dist-upgrade
Requested-By: avillez (1000)
Upgrade: libpulsedsp:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7, 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8), grub-common:amd
64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.16, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17), pulseaudio:amd64 (1:8.0-0
ubuntu3.7, 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8), google-chrome-stable:amd64 (64.0.3282.167-1, 64.0.3282.186-1), python-apt-common:amd64 (1.1.0~beta1build1, 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.1), grub2-common:amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.16, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17), grub-pc:amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.16, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17), grub-pc-bin:amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.16, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17), ubuntu-drivers-common:amd64 (1:0.4.17.3, 1:0.4.17.6), python3-distupgrade:amd64 (1:16.04.23, 1:16.04.24), libpulse0:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7, 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8), ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:amd64 (1:16.04.23, 1:16.04.24), libpulse-mainloop-glib0:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7, 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8), pulseaudio-module-x11:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7, 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8), ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk:amd64 (1:16.04.23, 1:16.04.24), pulseaudio-module-bluetooth:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7, 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8), pulseaudio-utils:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.7, 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8), python3-apt:amd64 (1.1.0~beta1build1, 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.1), base-files:amd64 (9.4ubuntu4.5, 9.4ubuntu4.6)
End-Date: 2018-02-24 14:44:44

Hendri Schoeman (hendrisch) wrote on 2018-03-05:

#22

I can confirm the same is also happening on my notebook.
Everything was fine up to about 2-3 weeks ago.

```
hendri@neptune: ~$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS \n \l
```

OS: Ubuntu 16.04.4 ... all up to date
Hardware:
Gigabyte P15 Notebook
- Graphics - nVidida GTX 950M + Intel (Dual graphics)
- Processor - i7-7700HQ
- HDD 1 - Standard 1 TB HDD
- HDD 2 - 950 Evo m.2 SSD
- 8GB mem
Graphics driver - nVidia 384.111

I reckon it has something to do with the nVidia Driver.

NULL (krush206) wrote on 2018-03-06:

#23

I can confirm this bug occurs with me aswell, though, I was doing some maintenance in my computer yesterday and after replugging the power cable of the monitor, instead of plugging it in my voltage stabilizer, I plugged it in the computer's power supply, after using Ubuntu for awhile, I locked the screen and noticed the bug was gone, Im not sure why this worked but this was the workaround I (mistakenly) found

Nick Williams (rogwilco) wrote on 2018-03-07:

#24

I started encountering this issue also. My system was working fine up until yesterday when this started happening. I most often notice it when I connect my laptop to an external display (or make some other display related change that kicks me to the login prompt).

Silvia (fichera-sil) wrote on 2018-03-07:

#25

I have this problem starting from today when I locked my laptop with win+L.

Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

Rubens (rhkina) wrote on 2018-03-10:

#26

Same issue!
Ubuntu: 16.04 LTS

R_volkmann (r-volkmann) wrote on 2018-03-10:

#27

Same for me since last unity update and is very annoying

- CPU: i8700k
- Geforce 1060
- no Virtualbox installed
- multi-user
- English languade, German keyboard

Bodinux (bodinux) wrote on 2018-03-11:

#28

I confirm the occurrence of this bug since yesterday.

Alexander (azol) wrote on 2018-03-11:

#29

Confirming the same issue, Ubuntu: 16.04 LTS
Just began to experience it after last batch of system updates.

P.Constantine (pconstantine) wrote on 2018-03-11:

#30

Mar 11 22:50:23 lenovo lightdm[1216]: ** (lightdm:1216): WARNING **: Error using VT_WAITACTIVE 7 on /dev/tty0: Interrupted system call
Mar 11 22:50:23 lenovo org.gtk.vfs.Daemon[11625]: A connection to the bus can't be made

B@MB@M (bart-bamweb) wrote on 2018-03-12:

#31

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I have the same issue.

I have Virtualbox running as well.
I'm not switching between users. Just standby and resume.

Here are some parts of several logfiles.

auth.log
======================================
Mar 12 16:36:33 BN pkexec: pam_systemd(polkit-1:session): Cannot create session: Already running in a session
Mar 12 16:36:33 BN pkexec[20336]: bart: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/bart] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon/usd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 7126]
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet.so
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet5.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet5.so
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0)
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN systemd-logind[1178]: New session c32 of user lightdm.
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet.so
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet5.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet5.so
Mar 12 16:36:45 BN lightdm: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "bart"
Mar 12 16:36:49 BN lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session closed for user lightdm
Mar 12 16:36:49 BN dbus[1153]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.498" (uid=109 pid=20527 comm="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-bluetooth/indi") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.380" (uid=0 pid=10380 comm="/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd ")
Mar 12 16:36:49 BN dbus[1153]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.498" (uid=109 pid=20527 comm="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-bluetooth/indi") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager" member="GetManagedObjects" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.bluez" (uid=0 pid=10380 comm="/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd ")
Mar 12 16:37:15 BN sudo: bart : TTY=pts/22 ; PWD=/home/bart ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/zsh
Mar 12 16:37:15 BN sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Mar 12 16:38:58 BN pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Mar 12 16:38:58 BN pkexec: pam_systemd(polkit-1:session): Cannot create session: Already running in a session
Mar 12 16:38:58 BN pkexec[22237]: bart: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/bart] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-system-locked]

Xorg.0.log
======================================
[ 23362.625] (II) AIGLX: Suspendi...

john rogers (0-john-m) wrote on 2018-03-14:

#39

I had this on my 16.04 system and it was INFURIATING - was taking 30s or so to login after a lock screen.
I *think* I've found a workaround...
Changing the driver to neuveu reboot ( deal with the failure to detect resolution if needed )
change back to nvidia driver reboot
back to normal :) ( for the last 3 locks at least... fingers crossed!

WirelessMoves (gsmumts) wrote on 2018-03-15:

#40

Update to #37 and #38 reporting the issue on 16.04 LTS: The issue went away as silently as it initially came. Ran another apt update/upgrade today, totally different packages updated and then rebooted. 'Authentication Failure' in the lock screen is now gone, even after several reboots.

For completeness here are the packages that updated, I don't see a comonality here.:

Start-Date: 2018-03-14 21:25:36
Commandline: apt upgrade
Requested-By: martin (1000)
Install: linux-image-extra-4.13.0-37-generic:amd64 (4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1, automatic), linux-headers-4.13.0-37-generic:amd64 (4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1, automatic), linux-headers-4.13.0-37:amd64 (4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1, automatic), linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic:amd64 (4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1, automatic)
Upgrade: unity-control-center-faces:amd64 (15.04.0+16.04.20170214-0ubuntu2, 15.04.0+16.04.20171130-0ubuntu1), linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04:amd64 (4.13.0.36.55, 4.13.0.37.56), linux-generic-hwe-16.04:amd64 (4.13.0.36.55, 4.13.0.37.56), unity-control-center:amd64 (15.04.0+16.04.20170214-0ubuntu2, 15.04.0+16.04.20171130-0ubuntu1), firefox-locale-en:amd64 (58.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), libunity-control-center1:amd64 (15.04.0+16.04.20170214-0ubuntu2, 15.04.0+16.04.20171130-0ubuntu1), firefox:amd64 (58.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), linux-headers-generic-hwe-16.04:amd64 (4.13.0.36.55, 4.13.0.37.56)
End-Date: 2018-03-14 21:26:48

Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) on 2018-06-30

tags:

added: bionic

Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2018-06-30:

#95

I doubt this is a regression due to the fix for bug 1311316, simply for the fact that this problem was reported last November while the fix for bug 1311316 was only uploaded to the archive in February.

ptah (brett-h-l) wrote on 2018-07-04:

#96

I can confirm this problem running Ubuntu 16.04 on Lenovo Carbon X1. Started ~4 months ago. Lock, close lid, open lid, "ubuntu authentication failure switch to greeter", hit enter and return to normal login screen. Single user.

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2018-07-16:

#97

@Rolf: this issue is not new. But it started to happen everytime a second user logs in after https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1311316 fix. I helped to test that fix.

Peter Smith (l-peter-v) wrote on 2018-07-17:

#98

FWIW this has been happening to me for some time.
Single user on this laptop.
Ubuntu 16.04
It doesn't happen all the time, but it occurs sooner if I have been using a large number of tabs in Chrome.
Hope that might help. :)

Erik Meitner (e.meitner) wrote on 2018-07-20:

#99

I upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04. Same problem with the exception that I can't switch to the login screen from the lock screen by hitting a key. I need to press CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to the login screen. Then I can log in to get back to my session.

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2018-07-23:

#100

Usually after click to switch to greeter and got able to login, if I restart compiz (compiz --replace &), this will stop.

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2018-07-26:

#101

God, this bug is so annoying... I faced it several times in a day!

inactivist (inactivist) wrote on 2018-07-27:

#102

Recompiling the greeter schemas as mentioned in #89[1] worked for me (Ubuntu 16.04 x64) -- haven't seen the failure in weeks, was seeing it every day or so before. I have no idea why it works, but so far so good. Wish I had time to dig deeper.

$ sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

[1]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1733557/comments/89 worked for me.

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2018-08-03:

#103

Recompile the greeter schemas made nothing here: after the second user login/logout, the first one will continue to see the message.

Szilárd Páll (sin-pecado) wrote on 2018-08-07:

#104

As many others, after a recent update, whenever on return to any of the three machines I have with up-to-date 16.04.5, I am met with the "Authentication failure message" and am forced to switch to the greeter which on some boxes (e.g. my workstation with multiple NVIDIA GPUs) takes >5 sec.

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2018-08-07:

#105

I think this is the related diff: https://code.launchpad.net/~azzar1/unity/fix-missing-entry-lockscreen/+merge/330801/+preview-diff/804854/+files/preview.diff

If someone can test reverting those changes...

Michael Engelbrecht (mikee13) wrote on 2018-08-11:

#106

Hi. I also have this problem on my DELL Optiplex AIO 9010 running Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS.

And "Yes I know that 16.04 is no longer supported" ... however it seems that if you upgrade to 18.04, it does not solve the problem and in fact makes it worse !! At the moment, I get this message after my desktop has been sleeping, click on it and the usual login prompt appears whereas with 18.04 it seems that we cannot switch to the login screen without pressing CTRL-ALT-F1.

Rick Harris (rickfharris) wrote on 2018-08-24:

#107

In reply to #105

Have tested reverting that fix and it just re-introduces the bug
"After locking screen there is no input field to type password for unlock"

Having no input field is worse.

angela (malaikazoe) wrote on 2018-08-25:

#108

I solved it with this:

https://medium.com/@5XvYrLT7/fix-ubuntus-switch-to-greeter-bug-715d05520f46

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2018-08-25:

#109

@angela: I tested and it doesn't work. It had the same effect as restart or restart unity/compiz plugin: it'll work only until log with second user and suspend, then error is back.

Shlomo Bachar (shlomo-bachar) wrote on 2018-09-07:

#110

This bug happens to me also. I had this problem in my laptop during a few months. But it disappeared after a while. Now it suddenly appeared on my desktop. 16.04 LTS. I dont have other users in my computers as others mentioned. It happened after a few weeks of a fresh Ubuntu installation. Annoying but not serious. It happens after returning from screen lock or restart. Disappears after doing "ESC".

pommm (pommm) wrote on 2018-09-13:

#111

I 've got this bug after "apt-get dist-upgrade" on my system too.

System before bug:
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Kernel 4.4.0-45-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP

After upgrade:
Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Kernel 4.4.0-131-generic #157-Ubuntu SMP

User A logged in
User A lock screen
User B logged in
User B logged out
User A try to login.

Message:
Authentication failure
Swith to Greeter

If click Swith to Greeter it witll allow you to login and then it is back.

Tobias (tobias-welti) wrote on 2018-11-08:

#112

I also experience the same problem on a fresh Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS install. Fresh meaning: installed 6 days ago, in the meantime had to do 'sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop'. Since then, I'm having this issue every time I lock my screen.

gadflysu (gadflysu) wrote on 2018-12-25:

#113

Same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using Unity / lgihtdm / Compiz.
Every time I lock the screen, I have to "switch to greeter" as it shows.
So...Any solution to fix this now?
I'm not sure if the information below would help.

➜ ~ tail /var/log/auth.log

Dec 25 14:54:05 gadflysu-ubuntu lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0)
Dec 25 14:54:05 gadflysu-ubuntu systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0)
Dec 25 14:54:05 gadflysu-ubuntu systemd-logind[973]: New session c7 of user lightdm.
Dec 25 14:54:06 gadflysu-ubuntu lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Dec 25 14:54:06 gadflysu-ubuntu lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet.so
Dec 25 14:54:06 gadflysu-ubuntu lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet5.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Dec 25 14:54:06 gadflysu-ubuntu lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet5.so
Dec 25 14:54:06 gadflysu-ubuntu lightdm: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "gadflysu"
Dec 25 14:54:41 gadflysu-ubuntu systemd-logind[973]: Removed session c7.
Dec 25 14:54:41 gadflysu-ubuntu systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user lightdm

➜ ~ lightdm --show-config

[Seat:*]
A allow-guest=false
C greeter-wrapper=/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-greeter-session
D guest-wrapper=/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session
G user-session=unity
F greeter-session=unity-greeter
H xserver-command=X -core
I type=xlocal
I display-setup-script=/sbin/prime-offload
I display-stopped-script=/sbin/prime-switch

[LightDM]
B backup-logs=false

Sources:
A /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-disable-guest.conf
B /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-disable-log-backup.conf
C /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-greeter-wrapper.conf
D /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-guest-wrapper.conf
E /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf
F /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf
G /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity.conf
H /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-xserver-command.conf
I /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/90-nvidia.conf

c4pp4 (c4pp4) wrote on 2019-01-14:

#114

Single user desktop - steps to reproduce:
1) restart computer or log out user
2) log into user session from LightDM
3) use the gear icon menu to lock the screen
4) use the gear icon menu to switch the account
5) now we are switched into LightDM
6) log into user session again
7) use the gear icon menu to lock the screen
8) Authentication failure - Switch to greeter

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2019-01-14:

#115

@c4pp4 is the attached patch file a solution?

c4pp4 (c4pp4) wrote on 2019-01-14:

#116

@Rael Gugelmin Cunha

My knowledge is not PAM friendly but I think it's something like this - when the screen is locked, PAM transaction is started via pam_start and after authentication (entered a password) it's closed via pam_end. But if we switch user from the locked screen, PAM transaction is not terminated via pam_end and pam_handle_ is still presented. When we return into the session and lock the screen again, the following code will cause the issue:

unity/lockscreen/UserAuthenticatorPam.cpp

if (pam_handle_)
  {
    LOG_ERROR(logger) << "Unable to start authentication because another one has already been started";
    return false;
  }

It will try 5 times to authenticate but it always returns false as pam_handle_ is still present, then the following code shows "Authentication failure" with "Switch to greeter" button:

unity/lockscreen/UserPromptView.cpp

if (num_retry_auth_ <= 5)
  {
    LOG_WARNING(logger) << "Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for " << num_retry_auth_ << " time.";
    source_manager_.AddTimeout(100, [this] {
      StartAuthentication();
      return false;
    });
  }
  else
  {
    AddMessage(_("Authentication failure"), nux::color::Red);
    AddButton(_("Switch to greeter…"), [this] {
      session_manager_->SwitchToGreeter();
    });

My solution is to terminate the PAM transaction and let it try to init the new one. I have tested it in my case and it works without problem.
I wonder why there is the case of error - "Unable to start authentication because another one has already been started". I don't know what case it's related to.

Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2019-01-15:

#117

The attachment "authentication.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags:

added: patch

Roland (roland-breedveld) wrote on 2019-01-15:

#118

Same issue, sometimes, with Ubuntu 18.10
switching user isn working
workarround is to switch to another console (ctr-alt-F1) after loggin in get my session back
if it occours, itś every time the screen locks also with the lock-screen button

Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote on 2019-01-16:

#119

@@c4pp4

Please test if it works with multiple users. If it does it's better to attach a git patch with proper header.

commit your local changes using

git commit -a -m "<your specific message>"

then generate a patch using

git format-patch -s -n -1 HEAD

Then you will have a 0001-*.patch in root project dir.

c4pp4 (c4pp4) wrote on 2019-01-16:

#120

0001-Fix-authentication-failure-when-switching-user-sessi.patch Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain)

@Khurshid Alam

I have tested it with multiple users without problem. I have tweaked it little bit.

Krzysztof Ostaszewski (mdfrg) wrote on 2019-01-18:

#121

@c4pp4

How can I apply the patch? Or should I wait for it to be upstream and available via apt upgrade? I am on Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10 with same multi-user problem.

c4pp4 (c4pp4) wrote on 2019-01-19:

#122

@Krzysztof Ostaszewski

Test build:
https://launchpad.net/~c4pp4/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2019-01-19:

#123

I'm adding the PPA to my install in order to test.

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2019-01-21:

#124

Now almost 2 days using: I've resumed from suspend, switched users, and still working fine! Hope we can get this published soon! Thank you @c4pp4!

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2019-01-23:

#125

Ok, after install the PPA, this issue is gone. No reboot since 19th, and several users used my box, I've suspend and resumed: working like a charm.

Now how can we get this patch as an official update?

Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote on 2019-01-24:

#126

@Rael

As of now Unityshell compiz plugin is crashing in disco (bug 1812964), once that's fixed I will open a merge.

Krzysztof Ostaszewski (mdfrg) wrote on 2019-01-28:

#127

@c4pp4 any chance providing a ppa for cosmic?

c4pp4 (c4pp4) wrote on 2019-01-28:

#128

@Krzysztof Ostaszewski

As you wish, it's ready now.

Andrej Shadura (andrew.sh) wrote on 2019-01-29:

#129

Submitted https://code.launchpad.net/~andrew.sh/unity/+git/unity/+merge/362414.

Mathew Hodson (mathew-hodson) on 2019-02-02

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) on 2019-02-13

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
no longer affects:	unity

Krzysztof Ostaszewski (mdfrg) wrote on 2019-02-15:

#130

@c4pp4 Than you for the trouble. I installed your PPA and after update I can confirm the patch solved my issue. I no longer see "authentication failure" dialog. Unity 7.5.0 on Ubuntu 18.10

Krzysztof Ostaszewski (mdfrg) wrote on 2019-02-16:

#131

@c4pp4 because of other issues I had in my system (Firefox acting weird with recent 64 and 65 releases on 18.10) i rolled back to 18.04 (using LVM and backups) and installed your PPA - it also solved my long lasting issue with multiple logged-in accounts. Thanks!

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2019-02-17:

#132

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.5.0+19.04.20190217-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (7.5.0+19.04.20190217-0ubuntu1) disco; urgency=medium

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * locksreen: cancel authentication if externally unlocked (LP:
    #1733557)

-- Dmitry Shachnev <email address hidden> Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:14:19 +0000

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

Krzysztof Ostaszewski (mdfrg) wrote on 2019-02-18:

#133

Perfect! Is it backported to 18.04 and 18.10?

Rael Gugelmin Cunha (rael-gc) wrote on 2019-02-18:

#134

A friendly reminder it affects 16.04 too (aside 18.04 and 18.10).

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