gdmgreeter error after ctrl-alt-backspace

[Stephen Gornick]

Binary package hint: gdm

After I hit CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, Xorg should restart and present me with the gretter again.

If I don't give the greeter enough time and press CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE yet again, immediately upon being shown the login, Xorg will restart but the new greeter will fail to start. I am then presented with the error message:
"The greeter application appears to be crashing. Attempting to use a different one."

Syslog shows:
gdmgreeter: Gtk-WARNING: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "ubuntulooks",

followed four seconds later by:
gdm: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting

If I click OK right away Xorg restarts and the greeter again fails, giving the same "appears to be crashing" error message as above. If I wait maybe 20 seconds before clicking the OK button, the next subsequent Xorg restart is fine, the login prompt is shown, and the login attempt is successful.

This is occuring on Ubuntu Intrepid, 8.10 (confirmed on both x86 and x86_64).

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That's not really a bug, what about letting it be reloaded before usig ctrl-alt-backspace again?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is not really a bug but the user stopping the restart too quickly leading to an effect similar to a crash