[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread Robert Ancell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1203711 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203711 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1203711 uninitialised list pointer in configuration directory handling -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
The default behaviour of the boot with this bug is that the greeter never appears; you just see the Ubuntu pulsing plymouth theme. However, the system has booted so you can switch to a text console (control+alt+f1 for example), login and take remedial action as shown in #6. -- You received this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Manually downloading the old revision and rebooting does resolve the problem for me: $ wget http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lightdm/lightdm_1.7.4-0ubuntu1_i386.deb $ wget http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lightdm/liblightdm-gobject-1-0_1.7.4-0ubuntu1_i386.deb $ sudo

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 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/1203

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => High -- 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/1203660 Title: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last() Status in “l