[ubuntu-za] Logon screen problems

[David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk)]

David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) wrote:
> Wesley Werner wrote:
>   
>> Im all out of ideas on this one David, perhaps as you said, upgrading
>> again. Maybe since starting virtual box as a session, it left some
>> service or a config that's conflicting with gnome sessions? Try the
>> virtual box support page as well.
>>
>> On 3/8/10, David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) <ethnopunk at telkomsa.net> wrote:
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>
> Hi Wez,
>
> Well serious ninjas around in KDM world. I totally removed GDM-2.0 and 
> it now reboots straight into KDM mode and then my Gnome session, with 
> only a couple of applets having problems joining the top gnome panel. :)
>
> Now to see if I can purge the GDM conf files, because I tried upgrading 
> and straight back to same old problem.
>
> It's probably some config file somewhere that is hosed.
>
> Off to my Anti-Nuclear Meeting,
>
> Ta
>
> David.
>
>   

You all going to kick yourselves. Here is the solution which resolved 
the problem which was obviously caused by gdm2login.

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.