As far as I can remember, it was problem with nvidia drivers. 7.10 used to work fine, but upgrading to 8.04 messed up the entire install.
Sorry, I got fed up and removed ubuntu. Will try again with 9.04 when I get time. ---------------------------------------------- Not having enough fun? http://www.binscorner.com On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > does anybody still get the issue in jaunty and could summarize how to > trigger the bug? > > -- > gdm hangs before login > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113067 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “gdm” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gdm > > I upgraded to Feisty from a clean Edgy install on an HP Compaq nx9030 > laptop, and when I boot up it now goes through the first stages fine, but > hangs before login, shortly after the background appears, with a timer wheel > cursor displaying. Switching to another terminal allows me to log in and > perform standard command line operations, although not to start X since that > is already running. > > Deleting the /etc/init.d/gdm script caused the system to go straight to the > command line prompt, and starting X manually from there works fine with full > desktop functionality (bar features such as user switching which are > presumably gdm dependent). Copying the gdm script over from another machine > running Edgy (in case that was the source of the problem) produced the same > hang as with the original script. Uninstalling and reinstalling the gdm and > xserver-xorg packages, running dpkg-reconfigure and dpkg --configure -a, and > switching to an earlier kernel all had no effect. > -- gdm hangs before login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113067 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
