Comment 96 for bug 395299

Try purging the gdm2 configuration tool via
sudo apt-get purge packagename
or, if it doesn't work
sudo dpkg -P packagename

If you installed it from the repos or a .deb package, it should remove it.
Then do a
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
and
sudo apt-get clean

which will remove all packages that have been downloaded from apt (the apt
package cache) and, finally execute

sudo apt-get --reinstall install gdm

If the problem was the gdm2 manager it should be gone.

in EVERY step of this procedure, particularly at the autoremove, pay
attention to the packages that are removed. if you notice some programs
and/or libraries you think must stay there, or see a huge list of packages
that are going to be removed, abort; your system shouldn't be affected, if
you do so.

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 22:15, David Robert Lewis <email address hidden>wrote:

> All this security is a real hassle. Just as I was beginning to love the
> new GDM, after discovering how to change the background, I foolishly
> installed some tool claiming to be the answer to GDM2 configuration.
> Result is I have a frozen GDM greeter, which refuses to show user
> password entry box. It just freezes except for the disability panel. I
> have tried reinstalling several times. I have also tried deleting the
> usr/share/gdm folder. To no avail. About to tear out the remains of my
> hair over this. Please, some solution for reinstalling GDM and bypassing
> all the aweful Windows-like security.
>
> --
> gdm 2.26 has no graphical configuration tool
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395299
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> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: New
> Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “gdm” source package in Karmic: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gdm
>
> In Karmic the Login Window Preferences option from the GNOME System ->
> Preferences menu is missing. I'm no longer able to configure gdm
> graphically. Something I was able to do until recently and in Jaunty.
> ------------
> The new gdm :
> - discussion have started during the hardy uds 1.5 year ago
> - the new gdm has been accepted upstream by GNOME and used for over a year
> in several other distributions
> - the ubuntu team decided to wait on the change because of the known issues
> - the new version was available since jaunty in the ubuntu-desktop ppa and
> call for testing have been made
> - the change has been decided this cycle because karmic had technologies
> changes in view of the lts coming next cycle, it's better to use recent and
> maintainer codebases there
> - the canonical desktop team spent time this cycle writing a gdmsetup tool
> and fixing several issues in the new gdm version
> It's not perfect yet but is expected to be improved.
> Thanks for your patience!
> -------------
> The changes are due to an upstream [Gnome] update , which was blocked in
> Ubuntu for 3 cycles .
> Any further discussions regarding lack of features can be discussed >
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=587750 or users can open new
> bugs regarding the missing features.
>
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