I've got the same problem in Ubuntu 13.04. After login, I get a blank screen for about a second, then it goes back to lightdm. Removing either .ICEauthority or .Xauthority solves the problem. The problem reappears (to me) seemingly random, so not necessarily after each successful login.
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