gdm displays black window

[Anders]

Binary package hint: gdm

I use gdm as a display manager. It starts up and displays a login screen with an accesibility menu, but the login window is empty.

I attached /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log.1. (Apologies for Swedish; "Lyckat" means "Success", and there are warnings entities that aren't ended by semicolons.) The usernames on this computer are "aaaaa-bbbbb" and "xxxxx-yyyyy" (redacted), but the log contains warnings about not finding "bbbbb" and "yyyyy". The GECOS fields are "aaaaa & bbbbb" and "xxxxx & yyyyy", respectively; this seems to be related to the warning about entities. However, I tried to add another user without hyphens and ampersands, but the problem remains.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 24 12:23:00 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Chris (cbaines)]

I might have this problem, does your login window look like the image in this post?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8491226&postcount=6

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Do you still have this issue? Could you try under lucid? Do you have an "&" in an username? The description is not really clear about that detail

[Anders (anders-lindstromfamily)]

Hi Sebastien!

Thank you for your reply on my issue. I was wondering about the process
for this trouble report.

Yes, I still have this issue and my "long" username contains '&' and my
"nickname" contains '-'. I have not tried lucid yet, but I am to try it as
soon it is released (just a few days left!).

I wish you good luck and please notify me if you found something and in
witch release it will be corrected.

Best Regards,
Anders Lindström

> Thank you for your bug report. Do you still have this issue? Could you
> try under lucid? Do you have an "&" in an username? The description is
> not really clear about that detail
>
> ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> gdm displays black window
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500097
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in ?gdm? package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gdm
>
> I use gdm as a display manager. It starts up and displays a login screen
> with an accesibility menu, but the login window is empty.
>
> I attached /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log.1. (Apologies for Swedish; "Lyckat"
> means "Success", and there are warnings entities that aren't ended by
> semicolons.) The usernames on this computer are "aaaaa-bbbbb" and
> "xxxxx-yyyyy" (redacted), but the log contains warnings about not finding
> "bbbbb" and "yyyyy". The GECOS fields are "aaaaa & bbbbb" and "xxxxx &
> yyyyy", respectively; this seems to be related to the warning about
> entities. However, I tried to add another user without hyphens and
> ampersands, but the problem remains.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Thu Dec 24 12:23:00 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386
> (20091028.4)
> Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.1
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
> SourcePackage: gdm
> Tags: ubuntu-unr
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/500097/+subscribe
>

[Anders (anders-lindstromfamily)]

Hi Sebastien!

Thank you for your reply on my issue. I was wondering about the process for this trouble report.

Yes, I still have this issue and my "long" username contains '&' and my "nickname" contains '-'. I have not tried lucid yet, but I am to try it as soon it is released (just a few days left!).

I wish you good luck and please notify me if you found something and in witch release it will be corrected.

Best Regards,
Anders Lindström

On 22 apr 2010 23:06 "Sebastien Bacher" <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report. Do you still have this issue? Could you
> try under lucid? Do you have an "&" in an username? The description is
> not really clear about that detail
>
> ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Anders (anders-lindstromfamily)]

Reply to Chris:
Yes, my login windows looks like the image attached to the post you refer to.
/Anders

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

do you get the issue without the & in the username?

[Anders (anders-lindstromfamily)]

Yes, I think that. I'm not really sure and I can test without & in the username.

/Anders

On 23 apr 2010 11:58 "Sebastien Bacher" <email address hidden> wrote:
> do you get the issue without the & in the username?
>

[Anders (anders-lindstromfamily)]

Now I have tested and removed the '&' character from the long username and it works! But, I still think that this is an issue and I would prefer a correction that allows gdm to handle usernames with a '&' character.
/Anders

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is bug #499690 then there