** Description changed: Just updated to the latest Natty as in the archive on 23-dec-2010, 10:00 UTC. On reboot the gdm greeter repeatedly crashes showing a white square and then dissappearing each time. Machine is thus unusable. WORK AROUND - I managed to get my machine working again by downgrading gtk+2.0 and - gtk+3.0 to their previous versions. + + I managed to get my machine working again by downgrading gtk+2.0 and gtk+3.0 to their previous versions. + + I did the following: + + 1) Switch to VT#1 + 2) login + 3) run service gdm stop + 4) cd to /var/cache/apt/archives and downgrade your packages to the previous versions + 5) run service gdm start
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693737 Title: gtk+2.0 update 2.23.3-1ubuntu2 update triggers repeated gdm greeter crashes -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
