gdm login screen is empty - unable to login

[unexpectedly]

Hey Everyone,

1st time here. Been using and loving kubuntu until kde4, then on ubuntu/gnome until recently when it started feeling not as stable as I'd like. On my hunt for a new linux, I thought Fedora would be my next try as it's related to RHEL.

Anyhow, I installed the Fusion remix and I'm really liking Fedora!! The install was particularly easy, even when compared to ubuntu. I want to sort out the few problems I'm having so I can stay in Fedora-land and keep enjoying it here.

My big problem is the gdm login. I've done lots of looking around in here and the only hint to a solution was "install kdm". Fusion's google group has an open thread about this issue. I have looked through /var/log/gdm/:0* /var/log/messages /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/Xorg.0.log (in reverse order). There is only one thing that stands out at all:

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Jan  9 22:18:57 hostname gdm-simple-greeter[1684]: Gtk-WARNING: gtkwidget.c:5691: widget not within a GtkWindow
Jan  9 22:19:18 hostname gdm-simple-greeter[1796]: Gtk-WARNING: gtkwidget.c:5691: widget not within a GtkWindow
Jan  9 22:19:21 hostname gdm-simple-greeter[1796]: WARNING: Failed to send buffer 


Other than those, there are no big WARNINGs or anything.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Chris


PS - my other small issue is that my Win 7 and Ubuntu partitions disappeared in Grub, but I'm not in too much of a hurry since it forces me to use Fedora. I planned on using ubuntu liveCD to reinstall ubuntu's grub2 if some research here in Fedora-land didn't get me a fix.

[ProfTheory]

my Win 7 and Ubuntu partitions disappeared in Grub

That may be because Fedora clobbered the old GRUB when it was installed.

My big problem is the gdm login. I've done lots of looking around in here and the only hint to a solution was "install kdm".

I've run into a similar problem but due to a different cause.
My solutions have been (besides the kdm bit):

1. boot to runlevel 3, then login, then run startx.

2. change in gconf /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list to true.
This sometimes gives me a user list or blank gdm screen.
If I don't get the list I do a Ctrl+Alt+F2, then login at the console, do kill -6 $(ps -A|grep -m 1 gdm-simple-gree|cut -d \ -f 2)this will kill it. Then I logout, then do a Ctrl+Alt+F1, now I have the list back.

I'm still looking for the "real" solution. - I'm now running F15 and the issue is moot.