I can confirm this on Dapper Beta 2. I tried to (s)trace the gdmgreeter and it is for sure not trying to fork anything.
SonWon and Ferrat, you have some other problems, see for instance bug #42299. ** Summary changed: - Suspend does nothing + Suspend (or hibernate) does nothing ** Description changed: On the GDM, pressing F10 (which pops a menu on the textbox) and then - choosing "Suspend" does nothing. I'm using a desktop system which - supports S3 standby on windows xp (I was expecting "suspend" to bring - the computer to s3.) + choosing "Suspend" or "Hibernate" does nothing. I'm using a desktop + system which supports S3 standby on windows xp (I was expecting + "suspend" to bring the computer to s3.) -- Suspend (or hibernate) does nothing https://launchpad.net/bugs/3642 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs