I have similar behaviour from my gdm. It starts X, somehow thinks it should be killed (or something dies?) right after it started and tries again. It doesn't even start a greeter (like in Pete's case), although upstart does claim gdm is actually started.
I've also attached my gdm logs, although I'm not sure whether its the same issue or something related that should actually be reported separately. ** Attachment added: "gdm-logs.tgz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31954831/gdm-logs.tgz -- gdm upstart script fails to start gdm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430494 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
