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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2013-07-23 09:56, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> On 2013-07-23 09:38, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> On 2013-07-23 08:50, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> On 2013-07-23 08:16, Erick Brunzell wrote:
>>>> On 07/22/2013 04:18 PM, Julien Lavergne wrote:
>>>>> Could you check the version of lightdm ? 1.7.5 seems broken, maybe
>>>>> it's the cause.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Julien Lavergne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I was able to reproduce this on a prior installation after applying
>>>> todays updates:
>>>>
>>>> Start-Date: 2013-07-22  16:01:21
>>>> Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic
>>>> Install: linux-headers-3.10.0-4:i386 (3.10.0-4.13, automatic),
> ...
>>>> End-Date: 2013-07-22  16:06:23
>>>>
>>>> But it appears that they skipped right to version 1.7.6-0ubuntu1.
>>>>
>>>> I'm also curious about that latest kernel since I see that there is
>>>> another kernel upgrade coming in saucy-proposed.
>>>>
>>>> Lance
>>>
>>> I can confirm that the lightdm version was 1.7.6 also in the desktop
>>> version of Lubuntu during my tests yesterday. I'll check if there is a
>>> new version to test now.
>>>
>>> Nio
>>>
>> The current version is still the same, Jul 22 2013, and I filed bug
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1203984
>>
>> Nio
>>
> Please confirm bug #1203984 to raise its priority! 'This bug affects me too'
> 
> Best regards
> Nio
> 
After a tip from Sebastien Bacher I rebooted, went into the text screen
with ctrl+alt+F1 and ran

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo service lightdm start

and now I have a working Lubuntu desktop environment.

So there is a fix that solves the problem with lightdm :-)

Best regards
Nio