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Binary package hint: gdm

After running for a week with random freezes of 30 secs-two min, I
replaced the RAM on a newly acquired HP Pavilion  ze2113us laptop,
elevating RAM from 512MB to 1GB and reducing video RAM from 128MB to
64MB. Ran memtest 4x with no errors. Put the laptop back in service, and
six hours later, did a shutdown when I relocated.

Upon power-up, I am now prompted for login (whereas I did not require
passworded login before) by gdm after the splash screen. When I enter
the password for the sole user on this machine, gdm loops back to the
splash screen, then forces login again.

I verified the password is correct as an incorrect password generated an
'authentication error' whereas I am able to use that correct password
for sudo on a recovery login.

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd'  
Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 (development branch) with Linux 2.6.31-14


2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy gdm' 
2.28.0-0ubuntu19


3) What you expected to happen

I should not have been prompted for a password, as I configured for no
required login and ran that way for over a week without login problems.


4) What happened instead

When I boot the machine for a normal boot, after the splash screen, I am
prompted by gdm; I enter my password, and then the splash screen
reappears, then gdm loops back to the login screen again.

** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: amd64 apport-collected i386
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Karmic gdm loops back to login after login 
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/454437
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