Note that failure to start X isn't the only reason that lightdm might fail to start; one case I had was where the configured greeter wasn't installed and thus lightdm shut down X itself rather than X taking lightdm down.
Dave -- 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/876031 Title: lightdm could do with showing some diagnostics on text console Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Oneiric it appears if lightdm fails for some reason the user is left with a set of the previous startup messages on the console, no apparent login prompt and nothing telling them what to do. It also doesn't provide any diagnostics on that console for anyone remotely trying to help them. Ideally it should on failure: 1) Switch to vt with a login prompt 2) Output a line or two saying that it knows lightdm failed - preferably pointing them at the log file. 3) If it can have a pattern to check for the X server itself having failed and being the reason lightdm failed then it would be useful to display it. Dave To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/876031/+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
