This is a side effect of bug 924224 - since we no longer remove the lightdm user we don't try and create it on reinstall, thus the directory is never created.
** No longer affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Vivid) ** No longer affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty) ** No longer affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Precise) ** Branch unlinked: lp:lightdm ** Branch unlinked: lp:lightdm/1.10 ** Branch unlinked: lp:lightdm/1.16 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1540933 Title: /var/lib/lightdm not created by default Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in lightdm source package in Wily: Fix Committed Status in lightdm source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: after apt-get purge lightdm the /var/lib/lightdm folder is deleted and then never recreated reinstalling the lightdm package. The folder is necessary due to the create of the .Xauthorithy file. 1. apt-get purge lightdm 2. apt-get install lightdm Lightdm can't start I have to manually create che /lightdm folder in /var/lib and then chown lightdm:lightdm it. Got the latest ubuntu Wily updates To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1540933/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp