On 22.08.2012 00:00, Johannes Rohr wrote: > Indeed, this issue is caused by wrong permissions. > > in /var/lib/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log it said: > > ** (process:2235): WARNING **: Error reading existing Xauthority: Error > opening file: Permission denied > Error writing X authority: Error opening file '/var/lib/lightdm/.Xauthority': > Permission denied > > And indeed, For some unkown reason, the files in /var/lib/ligthdm were > owned by user speech-dispacher, group rtkit. After changing the owner of > the files inside the directory to lightdm:lightdm, things work just > fine. > A simple "sudo chown -R /var/lib/lightdm lightdm" fixed the issue for me. I am just wondering why "sudo apt-get purge lightdm && sudo apt-get install lightdm" didn't resolve this...
Whatever, seems to be caused by me always using developer releases. The issue is gone for me now :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951555 Title: When using lightdm X starts in low-graphics-mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/951555/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
