annoying problem in 12.04

[Joep L. Blom]

On 20/01/14 15:53, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 20 January 2014 09:08, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl> wrote:
>> Hope somebody can come up with an idea.
>
>
> Here is one possibility:
>
> Re-enable the option that lets you kill X with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.
> Then, if it misbehaves, e.g. at shutdown or logout, you can just stop
> the X server.
>
Liam,
That's a good suggestion which I will follow (I have to find out where!) 
but I'm afraid that won't solve the problem. When I go to a terminal and 
lightdm sarts, The problem has not disappeared. The only remedy is a 
cold start.
Joep