after more investigation i found that i could do the following get to console 1 via CNTL-ALT + 1 login as normal user not root execute sudo gdm gdm starts up switch to console 7 login as same normal user get gold screen with white mouse cursor
then CNTL+ATL + 2 login as normal user execute sudo gnome-session gnome-session starts switch to console 7 gnome window is displayed with applications, places system etc. all features work but any logout and relogin kills gnome-session and I have to manually restart it from console 2 (or any other console other than 7) for thing to work again. an abbreviated method that also worked boot normally try to login get gold screen wth mouse cursor CNTL+ALT + 1 login as normal user export DISPLAY=:0.0 sudo gnome-session switch to console 7 message 'session running as privileged user' continue quit select continue after a bit gnome-session is up -- gdm fails to start after login hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179628 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
