there is a known plymouth issue which trigger wrong vt use, usually switching to vt1 and back to vt7 displays gdm as it should, closing since you reinstalled
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- Problem starting GDM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs