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[Tony Wood <824921@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are having problems logging onto the new Ubuntu 11.10.  Then give
this a go:

Press "Ctrl+Alt+F1"
login
sudo chmod 777 -R /tmp
sudo reboot


we have 3 machines with this problem.  we have had a go with most of the post that people have published.  
What fixed it for us (bad practise I know, but for now we can login)

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Title:
  Unable to login without logging into the terminal first

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Ok, it turns out removing the .dmrc file isn't the cause of my logins
  working:

  I removed it yesterday while I was logged in and shutdown my computer.
  Today I switched my computer on and the login screen, again, wouldn't
  let me in. I jumped into terminal to remove the .dmrc file, only to
  discover that it wasn't there. I went back to the login screen and
  this time it let me straight in.

  So it looks like simply logging into the terminal allows the login
  screen to work...

  
  OLD:
  After a recent dist-upgrade, I have been unable to login without first deleting the .dmrc file within my home directory.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: lightdm 0.9.3-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.10-generic 3.0.1
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Aug 12 11:25:44 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110808)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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