Bug#689381: X: Login screen fails to appear, though you can still interact with it

[Gregory Plummer]

Dear Paul

> I see. Thanks. Another thing, do you see the mouse cursor?

I have just experienced the problem again. After successfully booting up my
notebook I am presented with the desktop background but no visible login
screen. There does not appear to be a mouse cursor on the screen, but I can
still log in by pressing enter and then entering my password followed by
enter again. The computer appears to log in normally at this point.

> When this happens and you log in into GNOME and log out. Does the login
> window appear then?

Yes.

> Next time this happens could you please try the following and report
> back.
>
> 1. Switch to the virtual terminal with Ctrl + Alt + F1.
> 2. Switch back with Ctrl + Alt + F7.
>
> Did something change?

No noticeable change.


>
> Then,
>
> 1. Switch again to tty1 with Ctrl + Alt + F1.
> 2. Log in.
> 3. Enter `sudo service gdm3 restart`
> 4. Back to tty7 with Ctrl + Alt + F1. Any difference?
>

No noticeable change, everything works as per usual.

> > > Also please attach the output under system information of `reportbug
> > > gdm` or `reportbug gdm3`.
> >
> > My apologies but I do not know what you are referring to?
>
> First run `aptitude search gdm` and paste the output.
>

I ran 'aptitude search gdm' from a terminal shortly after experiencing the
problem with the log in screen.

p   gdm                             - GNOME Display Manager

p   gdm-themes                      - Themes for the GNOME Display Manager

i   gdm3                            - Next generation GNOME Display Manager

p   gdmap                           - Tool to visualize diskspace

p   kdm-gdmcompat                   - Provide basic gdm functionality to
systems
p   liblcgdm-dev                    - LCG Data Management common
development fil
p   liblcgdm1                       - LCG Data Management common libraries


Kind regards

Gregory
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