desktop b0rken: was Re: X not working on precise

[Dave Howorth]

Liam Proven wrote:
>> Another thing the upgrade has broken is the desktop. I was using lxdm
>> and lxde. I now see a different login screen (presumably lightdm?) that
>> doesn't appear to have any method to select desktop session type and
>> that logs me into something that says "Ubuntu Desktop". I don't know
>> what that is (though I have my suspicions) but it definitely isn't lxde :(
>>
>> So, grr grr grr, why has the upgrade broken my desktop! And I suppose
>> I'll have to start googling for ways to fix that now unless some kind
>> soul can point me in the right direction?
> 
> Sounds to me like you should be running Lubuntu, not Ubuntu.

Well I was happily running Ubuntu with LXDE. Is that now not permitted
by the thought police?

I found an article that suggested using "sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm".
I did that and chose lxdm, but now I've logged out it appears to still
be running lightdm. I guess a reboot is worth a punt but really I would
have expected dpkg-reconfigure to handle reconfiguring packages!