Hi. Yes, now the apt-get purge lightdm command does not remove the lightdm folder. But since I had this bug days ago, I had to recreate it manually and the people already affected need to recreate it manually, even if this will be last time. So the new update does not create it if the user exists but the folder no. Sorry for my bad english hope you understand, just to let you know, thank you anyway.
-- 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/1540933 Title: /var/lib/lightdm not created by default Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in lightdm source package in Wily: Fix Committed Status in lightdm source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] 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 .Xauthority file. [Test Case] 1. $ sudo apt-get purge lightdm 2. $ sudo apt-get install lightdm Expected result: LightDM starts Observed result: Lightdm can't start. Manually creating /var/lib/lightdm and chown lightdm:lightdm makes it work. [Regression Potential] Low. The change is to not remove /var/lib/lightdm on package removal. This directory should only be removed when the user is removed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1540933/+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
