Strange GDM problems!?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 06:32:45AM -0400, list wrote:

> I install everything and get all the stuff from the internet and then  
> login for the first time and gnome works and everything. Now I do a  
> synaptic refresh and update (w/ only the default sources selected). Then I  
> reboot. Upon attempting to re-login, I find that once I put my password  
> into gdm and press enter, I get the ubuntu splash screen, but nothing else  
> happens. I can alt+ctrl+bkspace to restart the login, or I can alt+ctrl+f1  
> to a console.

Sounds like #1943 strikes again:

https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1943

We're trying to track this down.  In the meantime, you should be able to
work around it by disabling sound events:

$ gconftool-2 -s -t boolean  /desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds false

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 - mdz