<div dir="ltr">(removing the ubuntu-users list since they don't need to be spammed with technical details of lightdm)<div> </div><div>I'm not sure what your issue is without seeing the logs but the lightdm log from a failed startup should show the issue. Please file a bug against lightdm. There's no special information that is persisted across reboots that I know of.</div><div> </div><div>In general, if you have an issue please just file a bug. If you're not sure what component is causing the problem, just make a guess and we'll reassign it if incorrect.</div><div> </div><div>--Robert</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On 30 September 2014 07:10, Robert Heller <<a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com" target="_blank">heller@deepsoft.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">At Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:47:28 -0400 Robert Heller <<a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com">heller@deepsoft.com</a>> wrote: > > At Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:29:11 +1300 Robert Ancell <<a href="mailto:robert.ancell@gmail.com">robert.ancell@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > > > Is this bug 1302491 [1]? If not, then please file a bug using either > > "ubuntu-bug lightdm" from the command-line or from <a href="http://launchpad.net/lightdm" target="_blank">launchpad.net/lightdm</a>. > > Yes, this is the bug, which is fixed in 1.11.4, which is why I wanted to > install 1.11.4 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ok, bug report filed: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1375392" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1375392</a> I have another issue, but I am not sure if it is a lightdm, Unity, or Unity-Greeter issue. This is what happens: The library personal who shut down the computers for the day don't bother to 'log out' the guest users -- they simply select 'Shut Down' from the gear menu (upper right). When the machines are rebooted the next day, the auto login does not always work. There seems to be some 'context' stored somewhere that informs Unity or the Unity greeter that the user didn't logout. It is behaving similarly to if the user had locked the screen (sort of). I think there is some state information stored somewhere (and it would *have* to be in $HOME somewhere -- all of the other directories/file systems are either NFS mounted readonly (/ and /usr) or ramdisks (I am using DRBL and /etc, /var, and /root are ramdisks mounted and initialized at boot time from tarballs). Where is this state information stored and what needs to be done to remove it -- eg insure a proper, cleanly logged out state? I already have a early morning cron job that clears out 'junk' files (eg stuff that might have been downloaded by library patrons during the previous day). It would be easy to add a hack to clear the logged in flag or whatever it is. <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> > > > > > [1] <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1302491" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1302491</a> > > > > On 29 September 2014 12:23, Robert Heller <<a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com">heller@deepsoft.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > At Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:40:09 +1300 Robert Ancell <<a href="mailto:robert.ancell@gmail.com">robert.ancell@gmail.com</a>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 14.04 LTS will continue to receive updates in the LightDM 1.10 series > > > [1]. > > > > This series contains important bugfixes and occasional backports of new > > > > features that can be added without modifying existing behaviours. All > > > > updates to 14.04 LTS need to go through the Stable Release Update process > > > > [2] which means features need to be carefully tested. > > > > > > Ok, what do I need to do to get the failure to autologin 'bug' fixed? Is > > > there someplace I should report this bug? This is the 'bug' where LightDM > > > 1.10 fails to autologin the Nth time (where N > 1). Or is this really a > > > bug > > > with the Ubuntu Unity greeter? (BTW: Ubuntu Unity greeter has various > > > issues > > > all on its own.) > > > > > > > > > > > --Robert > > > > > > > > [1] <a href="https://launchpad.net/lightdm/1.10" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/lightdm/1.10</a> > > > > [2] <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates</a> > > > > > > > > On 28 September 2014 09:39, Robert Heller <<a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com">heller@deepsoft.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Are there any plans to backport a newer version of lightdm for 14.04 > > > LTS? > > > > > The > > > > > current version (1.10.1-0ubuntu1) is 'broken' -- specificly it does not > > > > > auto-re-login (autologin only works the *first* time, never after the > > > user > > > > > logs out). I believe this is fixed in 1.11 (and later). I don't want > > > to > > > > > upgrade to 14.10 and land on the upgrade-every-9-months roller > > > coaster. I > > > > > would like to stay with 14.04 LTS for its full 5 years and enjoy a > > > stable > > > > > system (except for lightdm being broken). (There are some issues with > > > the > > > > > Unity greeter, but I suspect using an alternitive greeter will fix > > > that.) > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > > > > > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > > > > > <a href="http://www.deepsoft.com/" target="_blank">http://www.deepsoft.com/</a> -- Linux Administration Services > > > > > <a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com">heller@deepsoft.com</a> -- Webhosting Services > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > LightDM mailing list > > > > > <a href="mailto:LightDM@lists.freedesktop.org">LightDM@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > > > > > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/lightdm" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/lightdm</a> > > > > > > > > > > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LightDM mailing list > > > > <a href="mailto:LightDM@lists.freedesktop.org">LightDM@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > > > > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/lightdm" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/lightdm</a> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > > > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > > > <a href="http://www.deepsoft.com/" target="_blank">http://www.deepsoft.com/</a> -- Linux Administration Services > > > <a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com">heller@deepsoft.com</a> -- Webhosting Services > > > > > > > > > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services <a href="http://www.deepsoft.com/" target="_blank">http://www.deepsoft.com/</a> -- Linux Administration Services <a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com">heller@deepsoft.com</a> -- Webhosting Services </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>