I tried your sugestion. If I install lightdm-gtk-greeter, I am presented with an Xorg running in low graphics mode error and it keeps restarting the X.
-- 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/1283826 Title: lightdm hangs after updates Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've updated today my Trusy Thar installation. I can't login to Unity, with my account, or a guest account. Lightdm hangs after password input, or after I click on the Guest account. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: lightdm 1.9.8-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-generic 3.13.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Feb 23 23:16:24 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-25 (29 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64+mac (20140115) LightdmConfig: [SeatDefaults] autologin-guest=false autologin-user=cristi autologin-user-timeout=0 autologin-session=lightdm-autologin SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1283826/+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