The upgrade seems to ask what display manager you want to use but when choosing LightDM it asks again (in a loop) so I had to choose GDM.
-- 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/804821 Title: gdm fails to remove if gdm is the default display manager (and another dm is installed) Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “gdm” source package in Oneiric: Triaged Bug description: TEST CASE: 1. install gdm and lightdm 2. Set gdm as default greeter $ dpkg-reconfigure gdm and select dpkg 3. Remove gdm $ apt-get remove --purge gdm Result: gdm prerm script failed with exit status 10, then debconf prompt for the default display manager Expected debconf prompt is shown _before_ removing gdm and gdm removal only fails if there is no other choice than gdm ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gdm (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jul 2 02:02:19 2011 ErrorMessage: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di pre-removal ha restituito lo stato di errore 10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100803.1) SourcePackage: gdm Title: package gdm (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di pre-removal ha restituito lo stato di errore 10 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-27 (5 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/804821/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
