xdm issue on Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric

when xdm is the default-display-manager, my computer can't display login window when boot with 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic'. I have to choose 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (recovery mode)' first, then choose "resume..." to get to the gdm login window, and there is no way to choose which desktop to use (gdm, kdm, etc).

onega@ub-laptop:~$ cat/etc/X11/default-display-manager

/usr/bin/xdm  

change default-display-manager to gdm fixed my problems.

onega@ub-laptop:~$ cat/etc/X11/default-display-manager

/usr/sbin/gdm