[LightDM] Newer version of lightdm for 14.04.1 -- is this possible?

[Robert Ancell]

Is this bug 1302491 [1]? If not, then please file a bug using either
"ubuntu-bug lightdm" from the command-line or from launchpad.net/lightdm.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1302491

On 29 September 2014 12:23, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:40:09 +1300 Robert Ancell <robert.ancell at gmail.com>
> 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] https://launchpad.net/lightdm/1.10
> > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
> >
> > On 28 September 2014 09:39, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> 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.)
> > >
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