Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
I believe the bug is in the gdm package, but it could be pango and/or
fontconfig (see attached DEBUG logs for gdm).
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$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
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$ apt-cache policy gdm
gdm:
Installed: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1
Candidate: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1
Version table:
*** 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1 0
500 http://debian.akamai.com hardy-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.20.5-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://debian.akamai.com hardy/main Packages
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I recently (12/12/2008) upgraded from 07.10 to 08.04. Prior to the
upgrade, gdm was working correctly. After the upgrade, gdm started
correctly following the first reboot into 08.04. At some point over the
next week, I used update-manager to upgrade a small number of packages,
and then rebooted the machine as instructed by update-manager. After
this reboot, gdm would not start. An error dialog appears, but I cannot
read it ... the text is displayed as character sized rectangles.
I eventually ran gdm with debug logging enabled, and I am attaching the
relevant portions of messages and syslog. The log appears to indicate
that there is a problem with pango and/or font config. It also indicates
that the error dialog is telling me that it cannot start the greeter.
I can use startx from the command line. I am also able to run xdm, and
so can use a graphical login. The pango problem indicated in the log
file for gdm does not appear to effect either the gnome desktop or the
xfce desktop.
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gdm fails to launch gdmgreeter and gdmlogin
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316101
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