Public bug reported: As of today, lightdm on oneiric doesn't show a login screen. I have verified the greeters are installed so this is different to bug 816646. The most likely lines in the log seem to be
Failed to load session file /usr/share/xgreeters/.desktop: No such file or directory Failed to start greeter Stopping display I'm just left at a text screen with various stair-stepped log messages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: lightdm 0.9.3-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 6 08:32:54 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-23 (12 days ago) ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/842194 Title: greeter doesn't start "failed to load session file" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/842194/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs