Found it - this is when you have script hooks for the display server [1] LightDM makes an incorrect assumption that you are running X.
[1] from /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/90-nvidia.conf in this case. ** Changed in: lightdm Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: lightdm/1.10 Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: lightdm Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: lightdm/1.10 Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1305006 Title: Crashes running display server scripts for non X servers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1305006/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs