Hmm, unity8 also doesn't show the "this session and all its data will be deleted when you log out" warning that unity7 does. Because zenity isn't allowed to connect to Mir. Looking at how we might deal with that.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1644237 Title: unity8 fails to start as guest user Status in Canonical System Image: In Progress Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: This is shown in unity8.log: [2016-11-23 15:59:25.820868] mirserver: Starting ERROR: /build/mir-JY573_/mir-0.24.1+16.10.20160928/src/server/graphics/default_configuration.cpp(132): Throw in function mir::DefaultServerConfiguration::the_graphics_platform()::<lambda()> Dynamic exception type: boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<std::runtime_error> > std::exception::what: Exception while creating graphics platform ERROR: /build/mir-JY573_/mir-0.24.1+16.10.20160928/src/server/graphics/nested/mir_client_host_connection.cpp(245): Throw in function mir::graphics::nested::MirClientHostConnection::MirClientHostConnection(const string&, const string&, const std::shared_ptr<mir::shell::HostLifecycleEventListener>&) Dynamic exception type: boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<std::runtime_error> > std::exception::what: Nested Mir Platform Connection Error: Failed to connect to server socket: Permission denied [2016-11-23:15:59:35.820] ERROR: QMirServer - Mir failed to start initctl: No such variable: UNITY_MIR_SOCKET running current zesty, but I had the same problem on yakkety too. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1644237/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
