The issue is still present in the latest version of Hardy Heron. According to gdmsetup tar.bz2 aren't theme archives. The version of GDM I'm using is 2.20.4-0ubuntu2. I'm going to forward it upstream now.
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- Login window theme chooser no longer accepts tar.bz2 files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154447 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