I can also confirm this bug still exists in 12.04: also with gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu15 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-39-generic-tuxonice Architecture: i386
I needed to set autologin to False in /etc/gdm/custom.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934618 Title: gdm crashes at startup when autologin enabled: gdm-simple-slave[1605]: CRITICAL: gdm_session_direct_get_username: assertion `session != NULL' failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/934618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs