Jamie, well, it could be that you actually only get a crash later on, when gdm starts X.org on the framebuffer driver, and nvidia (or fglrx, etc.) only gets loaded later on. So it would crash when you try to start a 3D application, etc.
However, by looking at "glxinfo" or just the X server look it should be possible to detect this situation right after boot. Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org) -- gdm starting too early for DRM modules to load, no video https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs