I have the same problem after an upgrade to 13.10. It was quite a challenge to log in in such a short time frame so I guess this can be a real serious issue for slow typing people. I would be more than happy to provide more details to get this issue resolved.
Since auto-login may not be an acceptable workaround for everyone I suggest to use the lightdm-gtk-greeter instead: * Use CTRL+F1 to do a console login * sudo apt-get install lightdm-gtk-greeter * sudo cp /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.bak * sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf * Change the greeter-session line to: greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter * Exit (CTRL+X) and safe changes * sudo service lightdm restart * logout (exit or CTRL+D) * Use CTRL+F7 for a graphical login. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241556 Title: cannot login after upgrade to 13.10 Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: since the release upgrade, i have difficulty logging in: the lightdm-unity-greeter seems to have a short timeout after which the user/password fields disappear and are replaced by "Remote login" with no possibility to login or return to the previous screen. for the moment i am avoiding the problem by using an auto-login configuration. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: unity-greeter 13.10.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 18 14:32:57 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-27 (722 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: unity-greeter UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-18 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1241556/+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
