This is pretty serious. The gdm.conf is broken in two major ways after installing gdm-2.20. It depends on:
a) /etc/X11/default-display-manager and b) 'gdm-binary' ... neither of which existed. Since I have an intel chipset (and the "bulletproof" /etc/init/failsafe-x.conf which launches /etc/gdm/failsafeXServer which launches X with /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe that defaults to "vesa,") I get a blank screen and no VT tty1-tty6s. I wasted a day rebooting into single-user mode, futzing with init/rc?.d scripts, and finally logging in blindly to a blank terminal in order to set up networking so I could discover/regret this upstart nonsense. All just to get X to work again because of this broken gdm-2.20 package's gdm.conf (also, /etc/X11/gdm.conf was broken, with refs to /usr/bin/X11R6). The old gdm is the only one we can reasonably configure/theme (some 6,000 users have checked out: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1333683) without gnome- appearance-properties from gnome-control-center which requires 120mb if one only has XFCE, or this kind hack: https://launchpad.net/gdm2setup which failed to work for me. Downgrading gdm was an obvious choice and nowhere did I read it was "not recommended." Obviously if I'd known how broken this package was I would have simply given up on themes altogether, and accepted the newer, uglier, gdm. -- downgrade to gdm-2.20 leaves stale /etc/init/gdm.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498732 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
