I have this problem too on Ubuntu 13.04 This is a Samba+Winbind installation. The greeter seems to be quite buggy with these accounts. It also asks me for my password twice. It's very annoying, it should be fixed.
I'm using the exact same configuration on a Linux Mint Debian Edition computer and it behaves well. -- 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/896375 Title: lightdm does ignore session selection first time non local user is choosen Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In contrast to GDM LightDM ignores the choosen session to start for a user account and even does forget a users choosen session after a restart/reboot. I am using a winbind user account (from nsswitch), a non local one. The first time the user can not be selected from the menu, you have to choose other and enter the username. After pressing enter i switch my session from Ubuntu to LXDE and enter my password. I would expect LXDE is started, however Ubuntu default Session is loaded. I have to logout. I can choose now my user from the list (lightdm did remember the account now) and now i have to switch from Ubuntu to LXDE again. After entering password and login second time LXDE does load. After a reboot a have to do the procedure from above again. GDM did not show this Session bug, i can enter any username i want and choose a session an its working the first time. Expected behaviour is, after choosing a username and changing the session, that this session is loaded. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: lightdm 1.0.6-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Nov 25 19:38:29 2011 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (42 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/896375/+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
