I just installed kdm as well, and ran it, and it failed in the same way.
I guess it's an X bug? I still can't get wireless networking going, but
wired is fine. Someone please give me some hint on what I can do to help
diagnose this!
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gdm hangs before login
GorillaBiscuit's idea didn't help. I tried wychwood's workaround of
removing /etc/init.d/gdm so I could get to a text interface login. That
worked, so I ran startx. That displayed my usual wallpaper, but no panel
started and there were no icons displayed. Then the screen froze with
the wait cursor
I got the same problem last night when I upgraded from Hardy to
Intrepid. My initial suspicion is that it's related to my having
installed kde4 last week, and the packages now being removed during the
upgrade. Maybe gdm thinks kde4 is still installed but can't find
something it needs? I'd
Did you replace your wireless card with a cable? I suspect, though I
don't really know, that my wireless networking only starts after I log
in, because it has to get the authentication information stored in my
wallet. If I had a cable I suppose the networking could start earlier in
the boot
It seems German speakers have this problem too:
http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/problem-mit-login-screen/#post-1681218
Herr GorillaBiscuit gives some instructions... I'll try them this
evening and let you know if it gets better.
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gdm hangs before login
