If you just want to try my fix skip to end of post. I also stumbled up on this bug in the summer. It took me a while but I managed to solve it in the end for me. (Had the problem on 6 or 7 older computers.) I was sure I documented it here as well but it appears I did not. It was a while ago but I still think I can remember the correct issue.
For me the problem was in the user-session variable in lightdm.conf file located in "/etc/lightdm/". I had set it to 2D to speed things up a long time ago: "user-session=ubuntu-2d" I had a slight feeling that I read something about it and it seams that 2D was indeed dropped in Ubuntu 12.10. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/08/unity-2d-removed-from-ubuntu-12-10 This page should probably be updated as well: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity2D My fix: 1) Open file for editing. If you do not know how to do this then there is discussion here on how to edit system files (http://askubuntu.com/questions/92379/how-do-i-get-permissions-to-edit-system-configuration-files) 2) Change row "user-session=ubuntu-2d" to "user-session=ubuntu" 3) Reboot computer Bob or anyone else, please report back if this helps you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1283826 Title: lightdm hangs after updates To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/1283826/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
