Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm
System>Administration>Login Window crashes on launching. Window opens for a few seconds then closes. "Launching Login Window" appears on bottom taskbar for few seconds more; OS version is Ubuntu 8.04 "Sudo gdmsetup" in terminal gives: der...@guinness-laptop:~$ sudo gdmsetup gdmsetup[17288]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_simple_async_result_set_from_error: assertion `error != NULL' failed gdmsetup[17288]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_error_free: assertion `error != NULL' failed gdmsetup[17288]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_simple_async_result_set_from_error: assertion `error != NULL' failed gdmsetup[17288]: GLib-GIO-WARNING: (/build/buildd/glib2.0-2.16.6/gio/gfile.c:5249):IA__g_file_load_partial_contents_finish: runtime check failed: (g_simple_async_result_get_source_tag (simple) == g_file_load_contents_async) Segmentation fault System memory is 1.9 Gb: der...@guinness-laptop:~$ sudo free -t -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1994 779 1215 0 69 409 -/+ buffers/cache: 299 1694 Swap: 3090 0 3090 Total: 5084 779 4305 der...@guinness-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1 Release: 8.04 der...@guinness-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy gdm gdm: Installed: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1 0 500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.20.5-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Dec 13 23:19:06 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: gdm 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: gdm Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686 ** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug -- System>Administration>Login Window crashes on launching https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307788 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs