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[Bug 878476] Re: User cannot login with lightdm. Drops back at login prompt after entering login data

 

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 871667 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871667

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 871667
   .Xauthority sometimes owned by root, which blocks login

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Title:
  User cannot login with lightdm. Drops back at login prompt after
  entering login data

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  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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