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[Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The LightDM log seems to be missing.

Is the user file for an existing user or one that has just been created?
I want to check if XSession is set at user creation time or by something
else later.

My best guess is either two things are happening:
- Something at user creation time is setting XSession to an invalid value.
- The greeter you are using (lightdm-gtk-greeter?) is choosing an invalid session when you try and log in - it should not do this.

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Title:
  'Unable to create session' when logging in to a newly created user

Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Similar but not the same as 1056833.

  After creating a new user I was unable to login to her id from
  lightdm. I could login on a text console and then run startx.

  I think the problem is that /var/lib/AccountService/user/$user had
  Xsession=ubuntu instead of xfce. I do not have any Unity code on my
  machine.

  There is no option in the create-user dialogue to select a session
  type, not in the lightdm login screen.

  I will do some more testing and report back when I have finished this
  bug report.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: lightdm 1.10.5-0ubuntu1.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-65.106-generic 3.13.11-ckt26
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-65-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Oct 16 09:08:34 2015
  LightdmConfig:
   [SeatDefaults]
   greeter-session = unity-greeter
   allow-guest = false
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-23 (418 days ago)

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