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Cannot get back to original colour scheme for the gdm greeter once "Invert Colour" is ticked, then unticked

Bug #446439 reported by Matt
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This bug affects 8 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm
Unknown
Unknown
gdm (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

Similar to Bug #402017, in that if you select "Invert" the colour scheme for the gdm greeter, you cannot get back to the original state.

Workaround: uninstall (completely) gdm, then reinstall gdm, ubuntu-desktop

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 8 16:36:04 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu14
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2259): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2259): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:2338): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2362): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:2337): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.2/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window

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Matt (matthew-franklin) wrote :
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Simon Charette (charettes) wrote :

Confirmed

Workaround:
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /apps/metacity/general/theme HumanLogin
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme HumanLogin
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme HumanLogin

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DeadVirus (amfcosta13) wrote :

I have this problem too...

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /apps/metacity/general/theme HumanLogin
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme HumanLogin
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme HumanLogin
This did not work...

I've removed gdm and reinstalled it and ubuntu-desktop, now it's back no normal *happy*

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benste (benste) wrote :

what's the difference to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/402017 ? why isn't this one marked as duplicate of the other one ? Or at least on part could be seperated in the other bug report or ?

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benste (benste) wrote :

Simon, your reverting way worked for me beside the fact that I thought there would be another icon in the default install.

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Brian Shaw (perturbedpenguin) wrote :

For me Simon's fix worked fine except for the icons, I had to use this line to restore my icons, and I'm not at all sure why this is different for me b/c we are all running Karmic here I would think but anyways...

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme HumanLoginIcons

This worked like a charm and its all back to the regular login screen which I for one like quite a lot actually, thanks Simon and everyone else!

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donal (donalbuckley) wrote :

Hasn't worked for me I'm afraid. Can't see any difference.

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donal (donalbuckley) wrote :

But after doing the above, reinstalling GDM & Ubuntu-desktop, as suggested, DID work.

Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
status: New → Triaged
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