I suffer the same issue. ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04 Package: lightdm 1.10.1-0ubuntu1 Greeter: unity-greeter 14.04.10-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686 Architecture: i686 CurrentDesktop: Mate AlternativeDesktop: Unity ------------------------------------------------------ /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[SeatDefaults] user-session=true greeter-session=unity-greeter allow-guest = false greeter-hide-users = true greeter-show-manual-login = true ------------------------------------------------------ /usr/share/xsessions/lightdm-xsession.desktop Exec=mate-session ------------------------------------------------------ /var/log/auth.log lightdm: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "tester1" lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=tester1 lightdm: pam_winbind(lightdm:auth): getting password (0x00000388) lightdm: pam_winbind(lightdm:auth): pam_get_item returned a password lightdm: pam_winbind(lightdm:auth): user 'stoledo' granted access << and nothing more logged :-\ >> ------------------------------------------------------ /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log [+71.88s] DEBUG: Session pid=4209: Continue authentication [+71.90s] DEBUG: Session pid=4685: Got 1 message(s) from PAM [+71.90s] DEBUG: Session pid=4209: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s) [+76.41s] DEBUG: Session pid=4209: Continue authentication [+76.73s] DEBUG: Session pid=4685: Authentication complete with return value 0: Success [+76.73s] DEBUG: Session pid=4209: Authenticate result for user tester1: Success [+76.73s] DEBUG: Session pid=4209: User tester1 authorized [+76.73s] DEBUG: Session pid=4209: Greeter requests default session [+76.73s] DEBUG: Seat: Failed to find session configuration true [+76.73s] DEBUG: Seat: Can't find session 'true ' [+76.73s] DEBUG: Session pid=4209: Greeter start authentication [+76.74s] DEBUG: Session pid=4735: Started with service 'lightdm', username '(null)' [+76.74s] DEBUG: Session pid=4685: Exited with return value 0 -- 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/1312526 Title: lightdm fails to start session unless user selects session Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I install using preseed files, and clobber a bit of /etc to configure ubuntu to be suitable for users to login with network credentials. I use pam to make a home directory when users login with network credentials. On first boot, logging into the VTs works fine but I cannot log into the lightdm dislpay manager. If I type my username and password right, I get a "Failed to start session" message and get bounced back to the start of the login process. If, however, I click one of the session types, e.g. 'ubuntu' or 'fluxbox', then I can log in. (I've tried uninstalling fluxbox, this doesn't seem to help). At which point I can login, which I believe works until I reboot the machine. (I will test this shortly). If I install the lightdm-gtk-greeter package then I do not encounter this bug. Instead, I am automatically logged into the alphabetically first session type (at least, if I've got fluxbox available vs. either ubuntu or xfce, that seems to be what I get, if only ubuntu is install I get an ubunut session by default so I assume the preference is alphabetical). It does not seem to matter if I specify a user-session=something (I have also tried not setting user-session at all) in lightdm.conf (well, I haven't tried it with the gtk-greeter, but it doesn't matter with the unity greeter). I've tried all of the other lightdm-greeter packages, and lightdm- greeter-gtk is the only one that does not suffer from this bug. the most relvant message in the logs I can find is: DEBUG: Seat: Failed to find session configuration true Seat: Can't find session 'true' What I would expect to happen is to get some default session; getting the alphabetically first session is kind-of/sort-of reasonable. Total failure is not. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: lightdm 1.10.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Apr 24 22:08:08 2014 LightdmConfig: [SeatDefaults] user-session=true greeter-hide-users=true greeter-allow-guest=false session-setup-script=/bin/sh -l /etc/profile 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/1312526/+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
