The looping behavior was actually caused by upstart/gdm, but we've introduced an upstart script that makes it stop after 3 tries and dump the user into the X failsafe mode. So afaik this should now all be resolved. Plz reopen with additional detail if any remaining work is needed.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- no fallback for failing xorg https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489491 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