Here is a syslog file with the debug messages from kdm. It shows that kdm starts before the nvidia drivers are loaded and the sleeping time before kdm resumes.
** Attachment added: "syslog_with_patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51977120/syslog_with_patch -- [Karmic] X server starts randomly in failsafe when starting from cold boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459639 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server 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