This dumb little problem has an easy fix. 1. log on and you will see the list of possible desktop environments. 2. mouse click the one you want. Prior to Ubuntu 12.10, when you did this, the one you chose appeared in a rectangle, so you knew that when you gave your password, you knew you were logging onto what you wanted. Now for some reason, this doesn't happen. When you mouse click on what you want, nothing happens - the dropdown list stays as if you haven't selected anything. What you don't realize is that your selection has been noted, and off the screen there is an OK box waiting for your confirmation. 3. Press TAB twice, which highlights the OK box that you can't see. 4. Press ENTER ... and you are in!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070526 Title: Can't select any desktop except unity Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Whichever desktop environment is selected in lightdm you always end up in Unity! I've tried with LXDE, XFCE, Gnome and KDE but all I ever get is unity. Steps: In the login screen click the small Ubuntu logo Select a desktop environment, not Unity Enter you password Click the > to login Result: You get logged straight into Unity Expected Result: To be logged into the desktop environment selected. Versions: Ubuntu 12.10 fully updated lightdm 1.4.0-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1070526/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
