This bug affects my machine too. It started to occur randomly after I upgraded to Lucid. If I login and run "sudo start gdm" then gdm starts up correctly.
Onboard nVidia GeForce 6150. 64bit Ubuntu 10.04 gdm 2.30.2-0ubuntu1 As you can see, I upgraded to the gdm package in ubuntu-proposed but that did not fix the issue. It looks like X.org is trying to start before the nVidia kernel module is loaded. X.org fails at 06:08:19 and the kernel module does not seem to be loaded until 06:08:21 >From Xorg.log: (EE) May 22 06:08:19 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the (EE) May 22 06:08:19 NVIDIA(0): system's kernel log for additional error messages and (EE) May 22 06:08:19 NVIDIA(0): consult the NVIDIA README for details. (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** >From kern.log: May 22 06:08:21 uss-enterprise kernel: [ 14.793712] nvidia 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMC9] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 May 22 06:08:21 uss-enterprise kernel: [ 14.793722] nvidia 0000:00:0d.0: setting latency timer to 64 May 22 06:08:21 uss-enterprise kernel: [ 14.793728] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:0d.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem May 22 06:08:21 uss-enterprise kernel: [ 14.793997] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 195.36.15 Fri Mar 12 00:29:13 PST 2010 ** Attachment added: "Xorg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48955451/Xorg.log -- Computer fails to completely boot hangs at tty login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579764 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp