gmd & lightdm doesn't ask for password and wont let me select desktop

Asked by unixchaos

ok since my upgrade i have an issue with lightdm and gdm. with either display manager it wont let me enter a password. i get to the screen for GDM cause that is what i am using right now. and i click my name and it logs in. autologin is not enabled. but i dont liek this cause it provides a security risk and worse of all im forced to use unity. lxdm works but it gives me issues when i load gnome-shell and kdm is an absolute fail just keeps restarting. i completely re-installed ubuntu as well as uninstalled ubuntu-desktop and *-desktop. and all the default configurations and rebuilt the system by hand. also ran locate gdm and removed it every place i found it on \ . and once i build it back up i get the same issue and i can use a trminal to boot into my environment of choice but this is really just so confusion. and more then anything i just want to know whats going on and how to fix it. thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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You aren't forced to use Unity AT ALL. You are completely free to install another desktop like KDE or XFCE (for example). You can even install gnome-session-fallback. One of the fundamental principals of Linux is it is CHANGABLE and CUSTOMIZABLE so saying you ae forced to use something contravenes this entirely and furthermore is not true.

Try:

sudo dpkg --reconfigure lightdm

May help.

What happens when you log in. You never said?

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unixchaos (jza873) said :
#2

i know i can use different interfaces. im not new at this. i have alike 10 diffetent desktop managers and window managers installed. but what i was saying is i boot up i get the gdm or lightdm screen i click my username and it logs on. dosnt let me switch the windo manager or enter a password. and i tried the reconfigure with gdm kdm lightdm the only time it worked for me was on lxdm. also tried removeing .Xauthority no good

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
#3

Lightdm is default display manager?
Bug #864174

Maybe move ~/.dmrc.
Bug #824921

Any clue in log files?

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unixchaos (jza873) said :
#4

thanks sam but yea neither of those links provides info for what is happening. its like of like login with no password is set. i get to the gdm screen and i see my username and other. i have gdm as default. all these issues happens exactly the same as with Lightdm except in light dm i can pick my window manager cause of the little gear icon. but as for gdm. as soon as i click on my name it just logs me into what ever the default session is. in this case unity. with lightdm i pcik my WM and then click teh login button. with both it never prompts me for a password. now if i switch to say lxdm it has the username and password box a little different. you have to type it in VS clicking a username. thw whole clicking username is what i like. i just dont know what would be causing this. logs dont have any useful info. also gdm config files dont say anything. at least from what i can see. its all just generic gdm info. let me know if you want me to post any thing. its been a while since i needed to turn to launchpad for help. but this one is even beyond me..

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unixchaos (jza873) said :
#5

can anybody help

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#6

Look in
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

and
 /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Make sure autologin and stuff is not enabled. May help

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
#7

Seems some config gets confused over using gdm and lightdm together. I'd say report a bug via apport in order to submit logfiles to triage what's going on.

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