To help the developers figure out what is wrong, would you mind (if you are able to log in) pressing Alt+F2 and entering "ubuntu-bug lightdm"? Apport (the bug reporting application) will automatically create a bug report for you and you can post it on Launchpad, then post the bug number here and we can link the two bugs together.
-- 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/1059083 Title: "Log in automatically" choice does not work. Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in Ubiquity: New Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Selected option to log in automatically during install. After reboot, login screen shows up with no password field. Have to click user name to get password prompt. After entering password, you are returned to the login screen. If you select XFCE session, login works. After logging out, you can then select Xubuntu session and login works. Subsequent logins work okay after rebooting. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1059083/+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
