I can confirm this bug still exists in Precise:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu15
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic
Architecture: x86_64

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Title:
  gdm crashes at startup when autologin enabled: gdm-simple-slave[1605]:
  CRITICAL: gdm_session_direct_get_username: assertion `session != NULL'
  failed

Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  with autologin set to false in /etc/gdm/custom.conf I am able to use
  gdm. However if I set autologin to true, it crashes at startup with
  the following error:

  gdm-simple-slave[1605]: CRITICAL: gdm_session_direct_get_username:
  assertion `session != NULL' failed

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Feb 18 01:05:57 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gdm
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-06 (103 days ago)

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