I have the same Problem and I found a similar Bug #1044251
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044251) solved in 2012
For me, enabling the 'Manual Login'' and replacing unity works so far.
This is just an (ugly) workaround (Loginpromt changes), but some parts of the
old fix might be applied here as well?
I applied the following steps:
1. Switch to tty1 ( [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F1] ) and login
2. edit the appropriate lightdm configuration, in my case:
sudo vim /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf
3. set/add th following property
greeter-show-manual-login=true
To be able to continue work w/o restarting lightdm (loosing all running
processes / open windows), one can simply replace unity (see also
accepted answer in http://superuser.com/questions/570194/how-
do-i-restart-a-frozen-screen-in-ubuntu-without-losing-any-open-windows )
4. set and export the DISPLAY variable:
DISPLAY=:0
export DISPLAY
5. run (re-)unity (--replace might not be neccessary):
unity --replace
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311316
Title:
After locking screen there is no input field to type password for
unlock
Status in Unity:
Triaged
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Sometimes (but not always) after locking the screen there is the
situation not having any input field where I can type the password to
unlock the session again. The shaded gray area simply does not have
the input field. I can't do anything, I have to switch to text console
and stop/start lightdm service to cure the problem loosing all of my
session :(
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 22 22:17:57 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-03 (780 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-10-18 (186 days ago)
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