The problem is that the theme used provides a black panel and the text in GDM is very dark (if you look very closely you can see the text).
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - gdm display issues on Karmic + GDM panel text is too dark to read (UNR) -- GDM panel text is too dark to read (UNR) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401991 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs