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dtw

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Registered: 2004-08-03

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gdm doesn't show login list

Before "the update" I used to start gdm automatically, select my user from the login list and logon. Now it's just going straight to (I guess) a default desktop for... well, I dunno which user. I assume root? Or maybe the gdm user? I don't seem to be able to run anything in the GNOME Shell so it's hard to tell who "owns" it.

Last edited by dtw (2016-04-20 19:15:28)

coruun

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Registered: 2014-10-23

Posts: 26

Re: gdm doesn't show login list

Can you switch to a virtual console (e.g. by pressing [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F3]) to examine the running programs?

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

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Re: gdm doesn't show login list

If you can get a terminal open, I think in GNOME it's Alt + F2 to launch a command - gnome-terminal - then what about just using the "whoami" command?