that looks like normal, run Xnest it does the same, if you want a login window you should run gdmflexiserver --xnest then. Closing, it works as expected now
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- gdmXnest doesn't run gdm https://launchpad.net/bugs/86589 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs