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

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:29:11 +1300 Robert Ancell <robert.ancell at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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.

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.

> 
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1302491
> 
> On 29 September 2014 12:23, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
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> > 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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