Bug#689381: X: Login screen fails to appear, though you can still interact with it
Gregory Plummer
gregoryplummer at gmail.com
Wed Nov 14 08:33:52 UTC 2012
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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