I also had a similar experience with lucid... and this issue may already be resolved.
When you get to the graphical login. Press and hold keys Ctrl & Alt and press F2. This will give you a non-graphical login. Login with your username and password. Then type: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y Once finished reboot by typing: sudo reboot After reboot attempt login again from the graphical login. -- Gnome misconfiguration, unable to get past gdm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532449 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
