Does the restart occur once you press enter. Try pressing enter without typing a password, does it still happen? There is a similar bug here ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/874218) which occurs with some artifacting before a restart occurs.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951794 Title: launch of graphical session fails and returns to log in screen Status in Light Display Manager: Incomplete Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After upgrading to beta version of ubuntu 12 I cannot log into my account. After typing the passsword or giving the finger print the screens returns to a tty text interface which shows the boot messages for about 3 seconds and then returns to the log in screen. Oddly enough, the two other acounts I have on the laptop login perfectly normal, on both Unity and Gnome3, though it should be noted that they do not have finger print login enabled. I can log into my account via tty text interface, it's just the graphical interface that won't launch. I'm running: Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release: 12.04 on an Lenovo ThinkPad x60 Tablet Possible involved packages: gdm: Installed: 3.0.4-0ubuntu15 Candidate: 3.0.4-0ubuntu15 gnome-session: Installed: 3.2.1-0ubuntu6 Candidate: 3.2.1-0ubuntu6 gnome-shell: Installed: 3.2.2.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.2.2.1-0ubuntu1 lightdm: Installed: 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Mar 10 16:22:59 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: gdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-10 (0 days ago) mtime.conffile..etc.gdm.Init.Default: 2011-08-28T15:18:36.475801 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/951794/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
