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[Keir Lawson <918321@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Most times (but not always) I start up Ubuntu lightdm fails to start,
hitting ctrl+alt+f1 and starting it manually (sude service lightdm
start) works. the lighdm log give me:

[+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.0.6, UID=0 PID=1259
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loaded configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Using D-Bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xlocal
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xremote
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Adding default seat
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting seat
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting new display for greeter
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting local X display
[+0.01s] DEBUG: X server :0 will replace Plymouth
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Using VT 7
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching X Server
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching process 1303: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
[+0.19s] DEBUG: Process 1303 exited with return value 1
[+0.19s] DEBUG: X server stopped
[+0.19s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.19s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7
[+0.19s] DEBUG: Stopping Plymouth, X server failed to start
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Display server stopped
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping display
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Display stopped
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping X local seat, failed to start a display
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping seat
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Seat stopped
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping lightdm, required seat has stopped
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping display manager
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Display manager stopped
[+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping Light Display Manager

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  lightdm frequently fails to start

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Most times (but not always) I start up Ubuntu lightdm fails to start,
  hitting ctrl+alt+f1 and starting it manually (sude service lightdm
  start) works. the lighdm log give me:

  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.0.6, UID=0 PID=1259
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Loaded configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Using D-Bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xlocal
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xremote
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Adding default seat
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting seat
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting new display for greeter
  [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting local X display
  [+0.01s] DEBUG: X server :0 will replace Plymouth
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Using VT 7
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching X Server
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching process 1303: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
  [+0.03s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
  [+0.19s] DEBUG: Process 1303 exited with return value 1
  [+0.19s] DEBUG: X server stopped
  [+0.19s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
  [+0.19s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7
  [+0.19s] DEBUG: Stopping Plymouth, X server failed to start
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Display server stopped
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping display
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Display stopped
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping X local seat, failed to start a display
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping seat
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Seat stopped
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping lightdm, required seat has stopped
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping display manager
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Display manager stopped
  [+0.22s] DEBUG: Stopping Light Display Manager

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