Andreas' workaround of: sudo cp /usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc /usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.en
...seems to work far better than my gdmlogin workaround. I'm guessing this is a spelling mistake somewhere - missing .en off the end of /usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.en -- gdm hangs after theme upgrade and reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs