This sounds like an Ubuntu packaging bug. Contact Ubuntu support, and not gtk-list. On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:08 AM, David Buchan <pdbuchan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using Ubuntu 10.04 and libgtk2.0-dev and glade for a long time and > recently attempted to bring myself into the present by doing a fresh install > of 12.04 LTS. > > But once I installed libgtk-3-dev and glade from the repository, I wasn't > able to log back into the computer unless I typed cntl-alt-F1 and went to > TTY. The graphical login screen accepts my credentials but then the screen > very briefly shows a broken pipe message at the top-left of a TTY screen and > then the login screen re-appears. > > Scouring the web shows that many people have similar problems, but that > there are many possible causes. I tried a number of solutions and one that > allows me to get past the login while still in a graphical session, is to > first go to TTY and sudo aptitude install gnome-panel. The problem with this > solution is that Unity isn't rendered properly and is really unusable. > > I *think* I saw that when I installed libgtk-3-dev, all kinds of gnome stuff > is removed. Anway, it was either libgtk-3-dev or glade, because that's all I > installed after the OS was installed. > > I had tried going to a newer Ubuntu last year with the same results (maybe > different cause?), so I stayed with 10.04. What's really extraordinary, is > that last night I re-installed 10.04 when 12.04 failed as described above, > and now 10.04 has the same problem (but with libgtk2.0-dev and glade)! Could > it be that those libgtk packages have recently been changed and broke the > Ubuntu interface? Seems unlikely. > > Has anybody got suggestions and how to approach this? I saw some people > talking about lightdm versus gdm. I also tried that (uninstall lightdm, > install gdm), but *if* I recall (it was a late late night) although I got > past login, Unity was all buggered with that too. > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
