You can run unity --reset next time. If this is no longer an issue, can you please mark it invalid?
Here's some more info on resetting unity: http://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration ** Changed in: unity-greeter (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001403 Title: unity crashed on running unity-greeter command in terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1001403/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs