This issue still persists in unity-greeter 12.10.4 ** Summary changed:
- lightdm -- no longer shows wallpaper / no smooth transition + Unity Greeter -- no smooth transition to Desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053556 Title: Unity Greeter -- no smooth transition to Desktop Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Unity-greeter seems to have lost its ability to transition to the desktop while showing the user wallpaper. Now, it only shows a black screen instead of the wallpaper during the login process. It used to work much better before, so this is a regression. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity-greeter 12.10.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 20 13:33:35 2012 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1053556/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

