As a work around you can install wdm: $ sudo apt-get install wdm ... Select 'wdm' as your default manager
It's kinda ugly but it works, and you can put in a background with the ugly square boxes and X style buttons Then cd /etc/X11/wdm and edit wdm-config: . . . # Don't listen for XDMCP ! DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 . . . Comment out the requestPort line with a '!' and restart. -- No option to log in remotely via XDMCP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408417 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