I found the two bugs below may be related to my bug report. Removing the accountsservice check of lightdm will fix the issue.
This bug is fixed, if it's not a regression, that fix doesn't work on the slow greeter problem. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1443178 This one is still pending. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/996791 -- 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/1773517 Title: lightdm takes too long to show up Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am running Ubuntu 16.04.4 with multiarch support. When I start the laptop it boots well till it reaches the lightdm screen. When the login text appears, screen goes black about 1.5-2 minutes then lightdm screen shows up. I have three users, I noticed that each user takes 25 seconds timeout to complete the process. journalctl -b0 _SYSTEMD_UNIT=lightdm.service -- Logs begin at Sat 2018-05-05 23:07:44 MSK, end at Sat 2018-05-26 12:29:35 MSK. -- May 26 12:20:28 kenn lightdm[1967]: ** (lightdm:1967): WARNING **: Error updating user /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1001: Timeout was reached May 26 12:20:53 kenn lightdm[1967]: ** (lightdm:1967): WARNING **: Error updating user /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1000: Timeout was reached May 26 12:21:18 kenn lightdm[1967]: ** (lightdm:1967): WARNING **: Error updating user /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User64055: Timeout was reached May 26 12:22:33 kenn lightdm[1967]: ** (process:5081): WARNING **: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts: Timeout was reached May 26 12:22:33 kenn lightdm[5081]: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) May 26 12:23:41 kenn lightdm[9749]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" was met by user "****" May 26 12:24:06 kenn lightdm[9749]: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user **** by (uid=0) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1773517/+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
