diff -Nru lightdm-1.7.6/debian/changelog lightdm-1.7.6/debian/changelog
--- lightdm-1.7.6/debian/changelog	2013-07-22 06:31:25.000000000 +0100
+++ lightdm-1.7.6/debian/changelog	2013-07-22 12:02:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+lightdm (1.7.6-0ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * src/main.c: fix up an unitialised pointer in configuration directory
+    handling.  (LP: #1203711)
+
+ -- Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:36:05 +0100
+
 lightdm (1.7.6-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release:
diff -Nru lightdm-1.7.6/debian/patches/50_ubuntu_fix_uninitialised_pointer.patch lightdm-1.7.6/debian/patches/50_ubuntu_fix_uninitialised_pointer.patch
--- lightdm-1.7.6/debian/patches/50_ubuntu_fix_uninitialised_pointer.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ lightdm-1.7.6/debian/patches/50_ubuntu_fix_uninitialised_pointer.patch	2013-07-22 12:00:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Description: fix uninitialised pointer in configuration directory handling
+ src/main.c: fix up an unitialised pointer in configuration directory
+ handling.  This leads to SEGVs on lightdm start on some systems.
+Author: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1203711
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1203711
+Last-Update: 2013-07-22
+
+--- lightdm-1.7.6.orig/src/lightdm.c
++++ lightdm-1.7.6/src/lightdm.c
+@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+     if (config_d_dir)
+     {
+         GDir *dir;
+-        GList *files, *link;
++        GList *files = NULL, *link;
+         GKeyFile *f;
+ 
+         /* Find configuration files */
diff -Nru lightdm-1.7.6/debian/patches/series lightdm-1.7.6/debian/patches/series
--- lightdm-1.7.6/debian/patches/series	2013-07-22 06:30:29.000000000 +0100
+++ lightdm-1.7.6/debian/patches/series	2013-07-22 11:42:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 01_transition_ubuntu2d_ubuntu_desktop.patch
 04_language_handling.patch
+50_ubuntu_fix_uninitialised_pointer.patch