Bug 1400398 - lightdm crashes after updates changes lightdm.conf specs
Summary: lightdm crashes after updates changes lightdm.conf specs
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1405677
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: lightdm
Version: 24
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Rex Dieter
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-12-01 05:27 UTC by Todd
Modified: 2016-12-18 15:28 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-12-18 15:28:53 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
lightdm.conf from FC24 that crashes FC25's lighdm (6.30 KB, text/plain)
2016-12-01 05:27 UTC, Todd 		no flags Details
new lightdm.conf that worked after renaming it (6.68 KB, text/plain)
2016-12-01 05:28 UTC, Todd 		no flags Details
View All

Description Todd 2016-12-01 05:27:31 UTC 
Created attachment 1226626 [details]
lightdm.conf from FC24 that crashes FC25's lighdm

Hi All,

FC25 x64
lightdm-1.18.2-1.fc25.x86_64

On upgrading from FC24 to FC25 with dnf, lightdm would not start on both of my machines using lightdm.  THIS CAUSED PANIC THROUGH THE RANKS!

As it transpires, when lightdm got updated for FC25, the new version changed the way /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf was used and left the old .conf file in place for the new lightdm to crash on.  The fix is to use lightdm.conf.rpmnew as your lightdm.conf. 

I will attach a new and old lightdm.conf

-T
Comment 1 Todd 2016-12-01 05:28:27 UTC 
Created attachment 1226627 [details]
new lightdm.conf that worked after renaming it
Comment 2 Todd 2016-12-01 05:29:37 UTC 
While troubleshooting this, don't forget <ctrl><alt><f2> to get a terminal window.
Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2016-12-18 15:28:53 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1405677 ***
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.