Hello The only thing I could do in similar circumstances 2 months ago was apt-get install kdm and use kdm instead of gdm, (all this Gnome 3 software is to wise for me).
Have a Nice Day -- 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/805154 Title: gdm-simple-slave crashed with SIGSEGV in _nss_compat_getpwnam_r() Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “gdm” source package in Oneiric: New Bug description: Chrash happend while trying to change a desktop-icon. Searching the icon in a hidden folder ".xxxx" in the user directory. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic-pae 3.0.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Jul 3 01:25:08 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110531.1) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display2 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_AT:de PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_AT.UTF-8 SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0xb77405b7 <_nss_compat_getpwnam_r+55>: movzbl (%edx),%eax PC (0xb77405b7) ok source "(%edx)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%eax" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gdm StacktraceTop: _nss_compat_getpwnam_r () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_compat.so.2 getpwnam_r () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 getpwnam () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ?? () ?? () Title: gdm-simple-slave crashed with SIGSEGV in _nss_compat_getpwnam_r() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/805154/+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
