Actually, I don't get this bug any more on Feisty. What happens when I press Ctrl+Alt+backspace is X goes, but gdm doesn't start at all. After manually killing gdm and starting it again, the login process is fine.
** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Unconfirmed -- Desktop halts loading when startup sound is played https://launchpad.net/bugs/86162 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs