thanks Claudio, that worked for me! if others have this issue, i ran the command
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/gdm then reinstalled gdm via synaptic -- new theme not applied https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532659 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
