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[Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ugh.  Found the cause.  The ubuntu-desktop package depends on lightdm
but it doesn't depend on any greeter.  So upgrading will pull in
lightdm, replace GDM but have no greeter installed.  What is supposed to
happen then is failsafe X starts and prompts you to fix the error, but
that doesn't work either.

Solution is to make ubuntu-desktop depend on unity-greeter.

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Summary changed:

- After latest upgrade of oneiric, Lightdm (lightdm) or Xserver not working
+ ubuntu-desktop package depends on lightdm but no greeter

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804171

Title:
  ubuntu-desktop package depends on lightdm but no greeter

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Invalid
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  It seems that, after last upgrade of Oneiric made one hour ago, either Xserver or lightdm doesn't work anymore.
  Before the login screen Ubuntu prints out some state messages. The last one is "Checking battery state" (mine it is not a portable PC)
  I have to press Alt+F1, I logged in and wrote "startx". Gnome3 says "Failed to load session "gnome-fallback"" (my pc doesn't support neither Gnome-shell nor Unity3D) and pressing the only button Log Out terminal compares again.
  Is it possible to rollback last upgrade of Lightdm?

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