[Karmic] gdm login screen changed without request. "Login preferences" menu no longer available

[Claudio Moretti]

GDM login screen has changed to a default one, one with user list, without noticing me about the change.
I tried to revert back to mine (I was using a random selection in login screens), but discovered that the login preferences menu is no longer available in System -> Administration.

[Jimmy KR (jimmy-kjaersgaard)]

I can confirm this problem. For me it started after upgrading a few days ago.

After not being able to find the login preferences I tried

sudo sh /usr/bin/gdmsetup

but gdmsetup seems to have vanished??

[Felix Crux (felixc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has been reported a few times, so I am marking it a duplicate of bug 395782, because that report has more details on the specific versions involved. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

you could look for recently open bugs before filing duplicates for things documented in the update changelog

[Claudio Moretti (flyingstar16)]

And you could be less ill-mannered when answering to people willing to help. Being an Ubuntu developer, does NOT allow you to treat people who are not as they were your stupid, ignorant slaves.

[Naxa (anaxagramma)]

my themes are also gone, i feel it is very bad that they are not compatible. there should be a tool to convert them. i hand-picked ~50 gdm themes what i like and had them randomly come up. it really made me happy when i was sad it was a good surprise. also i was happy i can use my computer _my way_ (not like in windows). sorry but this was a reason to choose ubuntu and now it's gone - new gdm needs some workaround to be more themeable, i would prefer a tool what could convert old themes to new ones
i also post this here becouse i think the duplicate status is wrong