@Pappy Jack, I am in the exact same situation. Removed ubuntu-desktop packages as per psychocats' purexubuntu, and suddenly poopies, whereas before there was no such problem login in to xfce.
At some point I'm going to try out installing unity-greeter to see if it helps, but there are too many gnome dependencies I don't want. For now, I'm just using the hack described by Orbital_sFear in this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11921373&postcount=20 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996791 Title: Xubuntu 12.04 extremely slow login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/996791/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs