this has been happening for a long time, in xubuntu only i think. i'm not sure if this is a bug though
-- 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/1170941 Title: Login dialog does not show username or password on first boot. Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On first boot after fresh install on Virtualbox, Raring RC does not show any user name or password fields in the login dialog (see attached screenshot). Clicking the down arrow makes them appear and they do show up normally on all subsequent restarts or logouts/logins. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: lightdm 1.6.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Apr 20 09:13:13 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-20 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130420) LightdmConfig: [SeatDefaults] greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter user-session=xubuntu LightdmGreeterLog: ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1274): WARNING **: Failed to open sessions directory: Error opening directory '/usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions': No such file or directory ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1274): WARNING **: Failed to load user image: Failed to open file '/home/jack/.face': No such file or directory MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1170941/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp