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Thanks for all the feedback. It seem to have helped. Mark this one as resolved,
thanks.):P

HMM. Well I'm making progress, found a site
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LightDM#Debugging_LightDM

That helps, but I've not received a response to my question of a few posts ago.

HOW do I reverse...

okay, I ran
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
which got me back to gdm.
Then I commented out # the "manual" in /etc/init/lightdm.override

okay, this is a learning experience.
a frustrating one, however.
I ran the override (code follows) and now 12.04 (desktop i386) won't boot to the welcome screen at all. it just displays ...........

Many thanks, will try.

This is good to know. I already installed gdm. I'd prefer to use LightDM like you say. Is there a way to swith Display managers w/o uninstalling gdm?
What happens if I just uninstall gdm? I'd rather...

Captain mark (or anyone who can help)

I've successfully installed GDM on my 12.04 (Desktop, i386), and it does give me an "other" feature.
That helped. what I need to know now?
How do I...

For security reasons, I do not wish all usernames to be displayed on system boot up.
I only wish the old, familiar field "user" with a blank field.
And the old, familiar (also blank) field...

This seems to work. Thanks

Thanks toall who replied. I'm experimenting with Evolution, which seems to have the compatibility.

I'd like to avoid groupware...but.

Thanks everyone.

I don't need email
But I've never tried Evolution.
just looking for
1. contacts (that are portable to ANY other OS.)
2. Todo lists (ditto)
3. Calender (portable to any other OS.)

thanks for...

just contact and date book and todo list.
I'm not asking for very much.

I'm not new to Linux/Ubuntu. I am new to this forum. So, I'm advised to post to this forum.

Question:

I'm confined to using older pcs that only allow me to use 11.04 or less. I've been using...