Well, actually *installing* policykit-1-gnome indeed solves the problem. This package had been replaced by policykit-1-fingerprint-gui while installing the fingerprint reader support.
The bug should be probably re-assigned to that package. Thanks a lot for pointing me to the issue! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1154045 Title: lightdm fails to launch gnome-shell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1154045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
