Ubuntu 9.10, login screen error

Ubuntu 9.10, login screen error Recently I installed Ubuntu 9.10.. I was trying to install some java runtime, and after the installation was done, I did a reboot.. Ubuntu booted normally but the normal Ubuntu 9.10 login screen is gone..now I have an old Debian style login screen asking for username.. the screen is similar to this one here, but with a black background:
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"I think if you accidently overwrite or otherwise break your ~/.gdm file you might an error like this.

You could try something like this (with fingers crossed):

sudo apt-get install --reinstall gdm && sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm"