ran into the same issue. removed from nopasswdlogin group so i could at least graphically login:
sudo deluser <username> nopasswdlogin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589655 Title: .ICEauthority and gconf-sanity-check-2 problems on login DOMAIN account Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm After wrestling with getting likewise-open to join my domain (joined, unjoined, uninstalled, reinstalled several times), I was able to join my domain successfully. I could login with domain credentials MYDOMAIN\username. However, It gives me an error getting into GDM: Could not update ICE authority file /home/likewise-open/MYDOMAIN/username/.ICEauthority also Problem with configuration server (/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256) Any help would be appreciated. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gdm 2.30.0-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.35-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 4 06:02:52 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/589655/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

