I'm going to reassign this to gnome-session - the display manager doesn't know if a session requires any hard disk space to run (it might not). So the session should really check for this if required and show a dialog before quitting.
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Assignee: Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) => (unassigned) ** Summary changed: - LightDM and GDM loop when root system full + Session fails to start when root system full ** Package changed: lightdm (Ubuntu) => gnome-session (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) -- 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/873368 Title: Session fails to start when root system full Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When the root filesystem is full, LightDM and GDM loop back to themselves after a couple of seconds instead of starting the main desktop. Ideally the user should be warned that it is not going to be possible to proceed, and what they need to do in order to allow login to proceed (make space available on the root partition, rather than their home partition). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/873368/+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