In Ubuntu Hardy (with all updates installed on a VIA EPIA EN12000
fanless mythtv frontend using openchrome drivers installed by Hardy) I
accidentally edited gdm.conf instead of gdm.conf-custom when setting up
an automatic default timed login.
Now, instead of getting the normal ubuntu login screen, I am getting a
high contrast black and white cross-hashed screen, with the following
error message in a text dialog box"
"No servers were defined in the configuration file and XDMCP was
disabled. This can only be a configuration error..." If I click OK the
screen flickers a few times and returns to the same state.
I have tried rebooting into recovery mode, dropping into a shell, and
restoring the previously working versions of gdm.conf and
gdm.conf-custom, but (distressingly) the fault remained.
I've also tried:
dpkg-reconfigure gdm
... which ran without any errors, but the fault remained unchanged.
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
... which ran without error. On reboot I got an error saying that no
monitor was defined. So I reinstated the previous xorg.conf, which the
resulted in the original error returning. Note: while I had made changes
to xorg.conf earlier in the day, the version I reinstated was working
fine before the current problems started, so I don't think the problem
is in xorg.conf
In desperation I also tried dpkg-reconfigure on a list of gnome packages
suggested on one web page, to no avail.
I'd like to avoid a complete reinstall, because I have just finished
building this box on Hardy, and don't really want to start again from
scratch! Any suggestions will be gratefully appreciated!
John
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