Problem solved in my pc. Used the "startupmanager" which I had installed some time ago and forgot about it. After that, "gdmsetup" unlocks Ok.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588353 Title: gdmsetup does not let me unlock Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm (I think it is not a duplicate of bug #440502) On Ubuntu 10.04, on which I installed lubuntu-desktop and set by default the lubuntu connection manager. I want to set back GDM, but gdmsetup does not let me unlock it: the "unlock" button has not effect, even if i launch "sudo gdmsetup". (i tried also with UbuntuTweak: it does not unlock also) Below the logs with "gdmsetup" and "sudo gdmsetup": $ gdmsetup ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: init delay=10 ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/guest-restricted.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/une-guest- restricted.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/une-efl-guest- restricted.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/openbox-kde.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: Init default session found:'gnome' ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: Found current seat: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1 ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: running 'ck-history --frequent --seat='Seat1' --session-type=''' ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: explicitly skipping user: nobody ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: user icon changed ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: adding monitor for '/home/yyy/.face' ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: Getting list of sessions for user 1000 ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: Found 2 sessions for user yyy ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: not adding session without a x11 display: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session5 ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUser: adding session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session6 ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: sessions changed user=yyy num=1 ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: added session for user: yyy ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: history output: yyy 43 ** (gdmsetup:5289): DEBUG: init user='yyy' auto=True $ sudo gdmsetup [sudo] password for yyy: ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: init delay=10 ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/guest-restricted.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/une-guest- restricted.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/une-efl-guest- restricted.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/openbox-kde.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: Init default session found:'gnome' ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: Failed to identify the current session: Unable to lookup session information for process '5296' ** (gdmsetup:5296): WARNING **: Unable to find users: no seat-id found ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: explicitly skipping user: nobody ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: user icon changed ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: adding monitor for '/home/yyy/.face' ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: Getting list of sessions for user 1000 ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: Found 2 sessions for user yyy ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: not adding session on other seat: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session5 ** (gdmsetup:5296): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: not adding session on other seat: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/588353/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp