*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 944736 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/944736
Resolved my issue as Aditya above. My problem was probably .Xauthority file owned by root. Not sure though since there were more of them and I did chown -R ... -- 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/944784 Title: ligthdm immediately returns to greeter after succesful login Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On ubuntu 12.04 beta ligthdm immediately returns from session to greeter after succesful login. This came with a bunch of updates today. Had to switch to gdm to log into a session at all. [+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.1.4, UID=0 PID=3504 [+0.00s] DEBUG: Loaded configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf [+0.00s] DEBUG: Using D-Bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager [+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xlocal [+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xremote [+0.00s] DEBUG: Adding default seat [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting seat [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting new display for greeter [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting local X display [+0.00s] DEBUG: Using VT 7 [+0.00s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log [+0.01s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Launching X Server [+0.01s] DEBUG: Launching process 3508: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch [+0.01s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager [+0.01s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 [+0.29s] DEBUG: Got signal 10 from process 3508 [+0.29s] DEBUG: Got signal from X server :0 [+0.29s] DEBUG: Connecting to XServer :0 [+0.29s] DEBUG: Starting greeter [+0.29s] DEBUG: Started session 3515 with service 'lightdm', username 'lightdm' [+0.34s] DEBUG: Session 3515 authentication complete with return value 0: Success [+0.34s] DEBUG: Greeter authorized [+0.34s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log [+0.34s] DEBUG: Session 3515 running command /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-greeter-session /usr/sbin/unity-greeter [+0.45s] DEBUG: Greeter connected version=1.1.4 [+0.45s] DEBUG: Greeter connected, display is ready [+0.45s] DEBUG: New display ready, switching to it [+0.45s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7 [+0.78s] DEBUG: Greeter start authentication for hub [+0.78s] DEBUG: Started session 3629 with service 'lightdm', username 'hub' [+0.79s] DEBUG: Session 3629 got 1 message(s) from PAM [+0.79s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s) [+23.45s] DEBUG: Continue authentication [+23.48s] DEBUG: Session 3629 authentication complete with return value 0: Success [+23.48s] DEBUG: Authenticate result for user hub: Success [+23.48s] DEBUG: User hub authorized [+23.48s] DEBUG: Greeter requests session ubuntu [+23.48s] DEBUG: Using session ubuntu [+23.48s] DEBUG: Stopping greeter [+23.48s] DEBUG: Session 3515: Sending SIGTERM [+23.52s] DEBUG: Session 3515 exited with return value 0 [+23.52s] DEBUG: Greeter quit [+23.52s] DEBUG: Dropping privileges to uid 1000 [+23.53s] DEBUG: Restoring privileges [+23.53s] DEBUG: Dropping privileges to uid 1000 [+23.53s] DEBUG: Writing /home/hub/.dmrc [+23.53s] DEBUG: Restoring privileges [+23.53s] DEBUG: Starting session ubuntu as user hub [+23.53s] DEBUG: Session 3629 running command /usr/sbin/lightdm-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu [+23.56s] DEBUG: Registering session with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0 [+23.56s] DEBUG: Session 3629 exited with return value 1 [+23.56s] DEBUG: User session quit [+23.56s] DEBUG: Stopping display [+23.56s] DEBUG: Sending signal 15 to process 3508 [+23.77s] DEBUG: Process 3508 exited with return value 0 [+23.77s] DEBUG: X server stopped [+23.77s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 [+23.77s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7 [+23.77s] DEBUG: Display server stopped [+23.77s] DEBUG: Display stopped [+23.77s] DEBUG: Active display stopped, switching to greeter [+23.77s] DEBUG: Switching to greeter [+23.77s] DEBUG: Starting new display for greeter [+23.77s] DEBUG: Starting local X display [+23.77s] DEBUG: Using VT 7 [+23.77s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log [+23.77s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 [+23.77s] DEBUG: Launching X Server [+23.77s] DEBUG: Launching process 3825: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch [+23.77s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0 [+24.10s] DEBUG: Got signal 10 from process 3825 [+24.10s] DEBUG: Got signal from X server :0 [+24.10s] DEBUG: Connecting to XServer :0 [+24.10s] DEBUG: Starting greeter [+24.10s] DEBUG: Started session 3829 with service 'lightdm', username 'lightdm' [+24.12s] DEBUG: Session 3829 authentication complete with return value 0: Success [+24.12s] DEBUG: Greeter authorized [+24.12s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log [+24.12s] DEBUG: Session 3829 running command /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-greeter-session /usr/sbin/unity-greeter [+24.22s] DEBUG: Greeter connected version=1.1.4 [+24.22s] DEBUG: Greeter connected, display is ready [+24.22s] DEBUG: New display ready, switching to it [+24.22s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7 [+24.22s] DEBUG: Stopping greeter display being switched from [+24.61s] DEBUG: Greeter start authentication for hub [+24.62s] DEBUG: Started session 3897 with service 'lightdm', username 'hub' [+24.62s] DEBUG: Session 3897 got 1 message(s) from PAM [+24.62s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s) [+114.51s] DEBUG: Continue authentication [+114.53s] DEBUG: Session 3897 authentication complete with return value 0: Success [+114.53s] DEBUG: Authenticate result for user hub: Success [+114.53s] DEBUG: User hub authorized [+114.54s] DEBUG: Greeter requests session ubuntu [+114.54s] DEBUG: Using session ubuntu [+114.54s] DEBUG: Stopping greeter [+114.54s] DEBUG: Session 3829: Sending SIGTERM [+114.58s] DEBUG: Session 3829 exited with return value 0 [+114.58s] DEBUG: Greeter quit [+114.59s] DEBUG: Dropping privileges to uid 1000 [+114.59s] DEBUG: Restoring privileges [+114.59s] DEBUG: Dropping privileges to uid 1000 [+114.59s] DEBUG: Writing /home/hub/.dmrc [+114.59s] DEBUG: Restoring privileges [+114.60s] DEBUG: Starting session ubuntu as user hub [+114.60s] DEBUG: Session 3897 running command /usr/sbin/lightdm-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu [+114.62s] DEBUG: Registering session with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1 [+114.63s] DEBUG: Session 3897 exited with return value 1 [+114.63s] DEBUG: User session quit [+114.63s] DEBUG: Stopping display [+114.63s] DEBUG: Sending signal 15 to process 3825 [+114.85s] DEBUG: Process 3825 exited with return value 0 [+114.85s] DEBUG: X server stopped [+114.85s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 [+114.85s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7 [+114.85s] DEBUG: Display server stopped [+114.85s] DEBUG: Display stopped [+114.85s] DEBUG: Active display stopped, switching to greeter [+114.85s] DEBUG: Switching to greeter [+114.85s] DEBUG: Starting new display for greeter [+114.85s] DEBUG: Starting local X display [+114.85s] DEBUG: Using VT 7 [+114.85s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log [+114.85s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 [+114.85s] DEBUG: Launching X Server [+114.85s] DEBUG: Launching process 4181: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch [+114.85s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0 [+115.13s] DEBUG: Got signal 10 from process 4181 [+115.13s] DEBUG: Got signal from X server :0 [+115.13s] DEBUG: Connecting to XServer :0 [+115.13s] DEBUG: Starting greeter [+115.13s] DEBUG: Started session 4185 with service 'lightdm', username 'lightdm' [+115.15s] DEBUG: Session 4185 authentication complete with return value 0: Success [+115.15s] DEBUG: Greeter authorized [+115.15s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log [+115.15s] DEBUG: Session 4185 running command /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-greeter-session /usr/sbin/unity-greeter [+115.25s] DEBUG: Greeter connected version=1.1.4 [+115.25s] DEBUG: Greeter connected, display is ready [+115.25s] DEBUG: New display ready, switching to it [+115.25s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7 [+115.25s] DEBUG: Stopping greeter display being switched from [+115.65s] DEBUG: Greeter start authentication for hub [+115.65s] DEBUG: Started session 4255 with service 'lightdm', username 'hub' [+115.66s] DEBUG: Session 4255 got 1 message(s) from PAM [+115.66s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 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