So it seems gdm is buggy there, the prerm sets the default to "lightdm" rather the to "/usr/sbin/lightm", lightdm has a similar bug since its script is copied from gdm...
** Also affects: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu Oneiric) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu Oneiric) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Opinion ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion => Confirmed ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu Oneiric) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu Oneiric) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Oneiric) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/864174 Title: boot hangs waiting for lightdm after purging gdm (wrong default- display-manager) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/864174/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs