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Asked: 2014-11-27 13:40:09 +0800 CST

Wake from suspend, password field missing?

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Ubuntu 14.04. Brightness & Lock settings are to turn off screen after 10 minutes and lock screen after 30 minutes. 50% of the time, when I wake my computer from suspend, the login field to enter my password is missing. Quite annoying. I have to CTRL + ALT + 3 to get to another.... shell? (still new-ish to Linux), log in and run:

sudo service lightdm restart

Where can I look to see what is going wrong. Is there a lightdm log of some kind?

Thanks!

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3 Answers

  1. The lightdm log can be viewed by running sudo less /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log

    The issue you're describing is a known bug. A few potential workarounds are shown in the comments on that ticket. One workaround is to drop into a terminal by pressing ctrl+alt+F1, logging in, and then running unity --replace. Other variations are shown in the bug comments.

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  2. This can be worked around without losing your session by:

    1. Switch to a tty (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F1)
    2. Log in
    3. Run: sudo loginctl unlock-sessions
    4. Switch back to the Desktop: Ctrl+Alt+F7 (or F8).

    From the bug report fori this issue and this answer to a similar question

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  3. I see in some cases it could be linked to the use of Nvidia drivers. See potential solution at https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2395562&highlight=suspend+resume+problems

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