** Changed in: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Description changed:
- Just updated to the latest Natty as in the archive on 23-dec-2010, 10:00 - UTC. On reboot the gdm greeter repeatedly crashes showing a white - square and then dissappearing each time. Machine is thus unusable. + Upgrade on/after 2010-12-23 10:00 onwards: + + On reboot the gdm greeter repeatedly crashes showing and hiding + (flashing) as a white rectangle. The renders machines unusable for + graphical login. WORK AROUND - - I managed to get my machine working again by downgrading gtk+2.0 and gtk+3.0 to their previous versions. + I managed to get my machine working again by downgrading gtk+2.0 and + gtk+3.0 to their previous versions. I did the following: 1) Switch to VT#1 2) login 3) run service gdm stop 4) cd to /var/cache/apt/archives and downgrade your packages to the previous versions 5) run service gdm start + + Lots of confirmations on Ubuntu Forums, first report 10 hours ago: + + "Natty gives me a white flashing login box" + http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10272367 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693737 Title: gtk+2.0 update 2.23.3-1ubuntu2 update triggers repeated gdm greeter crashes -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
