You have been subscribed to a public bug: On Ubuntu 11.10 lightdm was installed and working correctly; gdm was then installed and also worked correctly.
When gdm was removed, lightdm no longer started on boot, but could be started by typing "sudo start lightdm; exit" at the command prompt. This was fixed by editing /etc/X11/default-display-manager and changing its contents from "lightdm" to "/usr/sbin/lightdm". It appears that the installation/uninstallation of gdm does not restore this file correctly. More information is available at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/875539 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1871148 ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: bot-comment default-display-manager gdm lightdm -- lightdm doesn't start due to misconfigured /etc/X11/default-display-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899603 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. -- 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