Ignore that comment about "for me", my ignorance, didn't recollect seeing rooot for lightdm in ps before Anyway here is what's running on a good login -
root 967 0.2 0.1 41188 3808 ? Ssl 00:59 0:00 lightdm root 1022 6.2 1.2 55140 38932 tty7 Ss+ 00:59 0:02 /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none lightdm 1366 0.2 0.1 98096 4952 ? S<l 00:59 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog lightdm 1389 0.0 0.0 13292 2560 ? S 00:59 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper doug 1808 0.0 0.0 4448 804 pts/0 S+ 01:00 0:00 grep --color=auto lightdm -- 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/863054 Title: random login without common admin user permissions Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This has shown up starting with daily from 09/27 where happened often, currently on install using daily from 0/29 updated where it happened just once so far out of 6 or so restarts Symptoms are: synaptic will fail to start from desktop icon nm-applet fails to start, shows no connection (but i am connected external drives can't be mounted a restart and or shutdown from session indicator will fail update-manager will not check for updates In all the above I have no permission to do so ~/.xession-errors is owned by root - attached ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 30 02:52:25 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110929) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/863054/+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
