login screen behaving oddly & missing panel

[pip]

Binary package hint: lxdm

Lubuntu 11.04 natty Narwhal. LXDM 0.3.0-0ubuntu1

I expected to get the usual login screen. but I got:-

The panel at the bottom of the login screen has no text for session etc.

No shutdown/reboot options visible, but a resize icon (triangular 'folded corner') type of thing is in its place, which does allow resizing. Some clicking in the area will bring up shutdown & reboot options.

Date & time in top right of screen flashing.

This has occured on 2 machines after updates.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: lxdm 0.3.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan 16 19:26:20 2011
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - i386 (20101010)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lxdm

[Julien Lavergne (gilir)]

Confirmed, but I only see it with the Lubuntu theme. The LXDE standart theme doesn't seems to be affected.

[Benny Hult (bioterror)]

Flickering LXDM fixed, solution comes here:
sudo nano /etc/lxdm/default.conf

Change

[display]
gtk_theme=ClearLooks
bg=/usr/share/lubuntu/wallpapers/lubuntu-default-wallpaper.png
bottom_pane=1
lang=1
theme=Lubuntu

to

[display]
gtk_theme=ClearLooks
#bg=/usr/share/lubuntu/wallpapers/lubuntu-default-wallpaper.png
bottom_pane=1
lang=1
theme=Lubuntu

In short: comment background off.

[pip (verymadpip)]

That's done the trick.

Thanks Benny :)

Pip

On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 20:49 +0000, Benny Hult wrote:
> Flickering LXDM fixed, solution comes here:
> sudo nano /etc/lxdm/default.conf
>
> Change
>
> [display]
> gtk_theme=ClearLooks
> bg=/usr/share/lubuntu/wallpapers/lubuntu-default-wallpaper.png
> bottom_pane=1
> lang=1
> theme=Lubuntu
>
> to
>
>
> [display]
> gtk_theme=ClearLooks
> #bg=/usr/share/lubuntu/wallpapers/lubuntu-default-wallpaper.png
> bottom_pane=1
> lang=1
> theme=Lubuntu
>
> In short: comment background off.
>

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lubuntu-default-settings - 0.17

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lubuntu-default-settings (0.17) natty; urgency=low

  [ Julien Lavergne ]
  * etc/xdg/lubuntu/menus/lxde-applications.menu:
   - Add a specific menu structure for lubuntu session.
  * etc/xdg/lubuntu/lxdm/lxdm.conf
   - Remove background option, it's already defined by the theme, and can break
     it sometimes (LP: #703658).

  [ Jonathan Marsden ]
  * etc/xdg/lubuntu/menus/lxde-applications.menu:
   - Update DTD to use standards.freedesktop.org
   - Move system-wide admin tools to System -> Administration menu
     (LP: #650432)
 -- Julien Lavergne <email address hidden> Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:51:14 +0100

[Julien Lavergne (gilir)]

Forwarded upstream.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lxdm - 0.3.0-0ubuntu5

---------------
lxdm (0.3.0-0ubuntu5) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/90_simple_expose.patch
   - From upstream, rework the expose-event callback which have a high CPU
     usage (LP: #733912)
  * debian/patches/20_disable_resize_grip.patch
   - Disable resize grip which break the background drawing (LP: #703658)
 -- Julien Lavergne <email address hidden> Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:31:24 +0100