Thanks for your help, it worked perfectly.
David Martin Meredith wrote: > On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 01:40:41PM +0000, David King wrote: > >> I set up a virtual machine in Virtual Box for Ubuntu 8.04. I also >> installed into that the Kubuntu desktop. When it booted it had the kdm >> login screen, but I could log in to Gnome okay. When I looked at the >> Services list, I deselected kdm (gdm was selected) and then the GUI >> disappeared and I had to reboot the virtual machine. When I log in to it >> now, I get no login screen, just a command prompt asking me to login. I >> do so and then type "sudo gdm" and the normal gdm login screen appears >> and I can login normally using that. >> >> But how do I get it back to having the gdm login screen appear >> automatically is it normally would on any Ubuntu installation? >> > > First, make sure that gdm is selected in services > > Then, run the command > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm > > and then select "gdm" when you're asked what you want as the default login > manager :D > > Restart, et voila! > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
