Reinstalling GDM hassles

[David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk)]

David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) wrote:
> I recently installed gdm2setup. Next thing my gdm greeter freezes. It 
> shows the user but no place to enter password. If I click on user it 
> freezes up. I can still move the special menu but reboot or exit menu 
> also freezes. I've tried reinstalling several times. Each time the same. 
> I've also tried deleting /usr/share/gdm, but no luck.
>
> Tried downgrading to GDM 2.0, but it was terrible. I can still log in 
> with KDM.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards
>
> David.
>
>   

You all going to kick yourselves. Here is the solution which resolved 
the problem which was obviously caused by gdm2setup.

sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source 
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type Boolean --set 
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list True

This changes the behaviour of GDM. I now have to enter the user and the 
password, but at least it works.