CrunchBang Linux

lordofsea

New Member

From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2008-12-31

Posts: 7

GDM theme issues

I have been letting a roommate borrow my computer for the past month, and as he was new to linux he did not update anything, so i updated upwards of 950 packages today. after the long wait, i restarted my computer to discover the GDM theme was set to some disgustingly ugly default which occasionally freezes and i cannot figure out how to restore it. I have tried reinstalling the crunchbang gdm theme package to no avail. Anyone have any ideas as to how to fix this?

anonymous

The Mystery Member

From: Arch Linux Forums

Registered: 2008-11-29

Posts: 9,418

Re: GDM theme issues

Remove the CrunchBang GDM theme and use a different one.

---

Note: ** Please read before posting **

uberbdon

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2009-09-13

Posts: 135

Re: GDM theme issues

I have been letting a roommate borrow my computer for the past month, and as he was new to linux he did not update anything, so i updated upwards of 950 packages today. after the long wait, i restarted my computer to discover the GDM theme was set to some disgustingly ugly default which occasionally freezes and i cannot figure out how to restore it. I have tried reinstalling the crunchbang gdm theme package to no avail. Anyone have any ideas as to how to fix this?

run "gksudo gdmsetup" to configure your GDM theme. I can't help you any further than that but found that tidbit of info and it came useful for myself.

omns

#! wanderer

From: ~/

Registered: 2008-11-25

Posts: 5,131

Re: GDM theme issues

I'm surprised there are 950 updates in a month. Did you update to karmic?

lordofsea

New Member

From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2008-12-31

Posts: 7

Re: GDM theme issues

run "gksudo gdmsetup" to configure your GDM theme. I can't help you any further than that but found that tidbit of info and it came useful for myself.

I tried that, but for some odd reason, when i try to unlock the window, which seems unnecessary when using gksudo, it stays gray and won't let me change anything. here is the terminal output:

sean@Slizza:~$ gksudo gdmsetup
** (gdmsetup:2799): DEBUG: init delay=30
** (gdmsetup:2799): DEBUG: Failed to identify the current session: Unable to lookup session information for process '2799'
** (gdmsetup:2799): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: explicitly skipping user: nobody
** (gdmsetup:2799): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: user icon changed
** (gdmsetup:2799): DEBUG: adding monitor for '/home/sean/.face'
** (gdmsetup:2799): DEBUG: Getting list of sessions for user 1000
** (gdmsetup:2799): DEBUG: Found 1 sessions for user sean
** (gdmsetup:2799): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: not adding session on other seat: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
** (gdmsetup:2799): WARNING **: Error calling GetValue('daemon/TimedLoginEnable'): Key not found

** (gdmsetup:2799): WARNING **: Error calling GetValue('daemon/TimedLoginDelay'): Key not found

** (gdmsetup:2799): WARNING **: Unable to find users: no seat-id found

Every other gui configuration tool seems to work properly under gksudo, which makes no sense.

lordofsea

New Member

From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2008-12-31

Posts: 7

Re: GDM theme issues

I'm surprised there are 950 updates in a month. Did you update to karmic?

I just using the 'mark all upgrades' button in synaptic, as that seemed the most painless way of going about it. I didn't think that upgraded the system version...

uberbdon

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2009-09-13

Posts: 135

Re: GDM theme issues

I'm surprised there are 950 updates in a month. Did you update to karmic?

I just using the 'mark all upgrades' button in synaptic, as that seemed the most painless way of going about it. I didn't think that upgraded the system version...

yikes. when I tried upgrading to karmic it would crash at the GDM theme as well, hopefully that's not what happened.

from now on use "sudo apt-get upgrade" instead of synaptic

lordofsea

New Member

From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2008-12-31

Posts: 7

Re: GDM theme issues

I'm surprised there are 950 updates in a month. Did you update to karmic?

I just using the 'mark all upgrades' button in synaptic, as that seemed the most painless way of going about it. I didn't think that upgraded the system version...

yikes. when I tried upgrading to karmic it would crash at the GDM theme as well, hopefully that's not what happened.

from now on use "sudo apt-get upgrade" instead of synaptic

Yes that sounds like a better plan. When you tried upgrading did it remove the preferred applications in pcmanfm? because i just noticed that pcman somehow 'forgot' what applications to use to open files.

anonymous

The Mystery Member

From: Arch Linux Forums

Registered: 2008-11-29

Posts: 9,418

Re: GDM theme issues

Yes that sounds like a better plan. When you tried upgrading did it remove the preferred applications in pcmanfm? because i just noticed that pcman somehow 'forgot' what applications to use to open files.

Look here:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … em-update/

---

Note: ** Please read before posting **

lordofsea

New Member

From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2008-12-31

Posts: 7

Re: GDM theme issues

Yes that sounds like a better plan. When you tried upgrading did it remove the preferred applications in pcmanfm? because i just noticed that pcman somehow 'forgot' what applications to use to open files.

Look here:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … em-update/

Ooh thank you. That was starting to drive me nuts.