[topic split from the xfce4.12-transition thread, as it is no packaging issue. cheers, musca]
the xfce 4.12 transition has started and a few packages have been uploaded for amd64.Please let the packages settle down a bit.
I thought that the tranistion to Xfce4.12 went smoothly with me until about 3 days ago a ticker appeared at the bottom and I cannot log in normally using lightdm.
After putting in my credeintials into lightdm a ticker at the bottom appears telling in sequence that Session data, Windoe manager, Xfcesettings daemon, Panel, Thunar, Desktop manager and Autostart have been successfully started. Then the display darkens. After a while the lightdm Login manager re-appears. After putting in my credentials, the ticker starts again. This cycle repeats itself ad infinitum.
There is a workaround: Ctrl+Alt+F1 brings up a Linux console. It accepts my user credentials. startx will start a second session an another lightdm login window. It accepts my user credentials, and after a while the programs from my Autostart will start indeed. From now on everything weems to work smoothly.
'# journalctl -xb' reflects this as:
-- Unit session-c1.scope has begun starting up.
Jun 01 12:22:56 siductionbox systemd[1384]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0)
Jun 01 12:23:34 siductionbox lightdm[1380]: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session closed for user lightdm
Jun 01 12:23:34 siductionbox lightdm[2478]: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user <myusername> by (uid=0)