I had the same problem after migrating from ubuntu 8.10 to ubuntu 9.04 ( gdm ). I solved the problem by changing the priorites of /etc/init.d/gdm at boot using the update-rc.d command
Initial config /etc/rc0.d/K01gdm /etc/rc1.d/K01gdm /etc/rc2.d/S30gdm /etc/rc3.d/S30gdm /etc/rc4.d/S30gdm /etc/rc5.d/S30gdm /etc/rc6.d/K01gdm Updated config /etc/rc0.d/K01gdm ( no change ) /etc/rc1.d/K01gdm ( no change ) /etc/rc2.d/S80gdm ( renamed the file ) /etc/rc3.d/S80gdm ( renamed the file ) /etc/rc4.d/S80gdm ( renamed the file ) /etc/rc5.d/S30gdm ( renamed the file ) /etc/rc6.d/K01gdm ( no change ) -- Jaunty: preload breaks automatic login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356767 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs