gdm theme changed, now blank screen....:(

[Husse]

you should undo your changes - it's always a good idea to have a log (hand written on a piece of paper to help if you can't log in)
The themes are in
/usr/share/gdm/themes

[scorp123]

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sudo aptitude reinstall gdm

This isn't Windows ... De-installing and re-installing is not going to help you as most likely the config file will just remain there on the disk and just become active again when you re-install.

It would be better if you went into your system's preferences menu and changed the login manager settings.

[Husse]

scorp123 wrote

67comet wrote:

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sudo aptitude reinstall gdm

This isn't Windows ... De-installing and re-installing is not going to help you as most likely the config file will just remain there on the disk and just become active again when you re-install.

Yes - if you want to get completely rid of something you do

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apt-get --purge remove your_program

For something so important as gdm I would only use that as the very last resort

[scorp123]

Yes - if you want to get completely rid of something you do

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apt-get --purge remove your_program

For something so important as gdm I would only use that as the very last resort

Yes, that's pretty much "heavy metal" ... e.g. like cleaning a house by having a bulldozer run through it.