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[Bug 864174] [NEW] boot hangs waiting for lightdm after purging gdm

 

Public bug reported:

I've installed Oneiric beta2 and at some point installed and purged gdm.
After that, boot will hang waiting for lightdm to start, which never
happens. This is because /etc/X11/default-display-manager ends up saying
"lightdm" whereas /etc/init/lightdm.conf accepts "/usr/bin/lightdm" or
"/usr/sbin/lightdm". The user sees the splash screen messages "Waiting
for up to 60 more seconds for network configuration" and "Booting system
without full network configuration".

However, the fix is to edit the contents of /etc/X11/default-display-
manager to read "/usr/sbin/lightdm".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lightdm 1.0.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct  1 19:56:46 2011
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  boot hangs waiting for lightdm after purging gdm

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I've installed Oneiric beta2 and at some point installed and purged
  gdm. After that, boot will hang waiting for lightdm to start, which
  never happens. This is because /etc/X11/default-display-manager ends
  up saying "lightdm" whereas /etc/init/lightdm.conf accepts
  "/usr/bin/lightdm" or "/usr/sbin/lightdm". The user sees the splash
  screen messages "Waiting for up to 60 more seconds for network
  configuration" and "Booting system without full network
  configuration".

  However, the fix is to edit the contents of /etc/X11/default-display-
  manager to read "/usr/sbin/lightdm".

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: lightdm 1.0.0-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic-pae 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct  1 19:56:46 2011
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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