Similar problem in maverick for a Fujitsu T4310 notebook.
Running icewm doesn't cause a problem.
Running compiz, metacity or mutter trigger this problem.
Workaround in xorg.conf fixes this problem for me and allow start of gdm again
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
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compiz --replace fails to kill metacity, resulting in cpu overload
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389686
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