*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 871667 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871667
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 878476 User cannot login with lightdm. Drops back at login prompt after entering login data ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 871667 .Xauthority sometimes owned by root, which blocks login -- 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/870052 Title: User cannot login with lightdm. Drops back at login prompt after entering credentials Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: After upgrading to 11.10, I can't login again via the UI. LightDM. I'm being dropped back to the login prompt. I still can login as root. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: lightdm 1.0.1-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 7 17:35:22 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-07 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/870052/+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