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This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.2.0-0ubuntu1

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lightdm (1.2.0-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Backup .xsession-errors on login (LP: #951597)
    - Handle failures in pam_setcred
    - Open log files in append mode (LP: #951597)
    - Add extra checks in liblightdm so that it doesn't send invalid messages
      to the daemon (LP: #969023)
    - Fix gdmflexiserver not being added to the path (broken since 1.1.4)
      (LP: #953554)
    - Fix PAM conversations after authentication from locking up sessions
      (LP: #956848)
    - Fix PAM informational messages locking up autologin
    - Change XDMCP manage timeout from 10ms to 126s (maximum specified in the
      XDMCP specification)
    - Fix greeter-show-guest example (LP: #972711)
 -- Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:26:50 +1000

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  pam_mkhomedir.so fails to create homedir in precise

Status in Light Display Manager:
  Fix Released
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “lightdm” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  
  I am testing Ubuntu Precise and I think I found a bug related to creation of home directories with pam_mkhomedir.so. I found it initially in an LDAP-based setup, but to nail down the problem I did a fresh re-install, added:
  session     optional          pam_mkhomedir.so umask=0077 skel=/etc/skel
  to /etc/pam.d/common-session and I removed the home directory of the user used during installation, so the bug has nothing to do with network auth.

  Anyway - when I login to lightdm I am successfully authenticated and
  the logon screen disappears, but I am presented with a black screen
  and nothing happens. I can login from text mode, the homedir is
  created and afterwards I can login, even using the graphical
  interface.

  I tried to see if this is related to lightdm or unity, but if I select
  Gnome classic, I get the same problem, if I switch to GDM, the problem
  remains.

  I am attaching the logs from lightdm. The syslog says:
  Mar 16 10:31:45 tubuntu kernel: [99829.342230] accounts-daemon[2152]: segfault at 10 ip b76c86c3 sp bfab7640 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.5.8[b76a3000+47000]
  Mar 16 10:31:45 tubuntu kernel: [99829.342545] gdm-session-wor[29440]: segfault at 6e756279 ip b743cd4c sp bf84b250 error 4 in libc-2.15.so[b73ca000+19e000]
  but I cannot say if this caused the issue or was caused by the issue.

  I hope somebody can have a look at this. I can help to do some
  investigating, unfortunately I don't know where to look.

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