This happens sometimes on my machine:
Ubuntu 12.04 64bit
Intel SSD 335
Nvidia GTS 650 with NVIDIA drivers.
lightdm  version 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.3 

Tracked it to a race issue - if NVRM module is loaded before lightdm
starts, all is OK. (see logs in Post Scriptum)

My current configuration in /etc/init/lightdm.conf:

start on ((filesystem
           and runlevel [!06]
           and started dbus
           and plymouth-ready)
          or runlevel PREVLEVEL=S)

Post Scriptum: Logs clearly showing that when lightdm is started before the 
NVRM module is loaded, and dies a horrible death:
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [    5.944960] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: 
link is not ready
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [    6.099801] init: lightdm main process 
(1127) terminated with status 1
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [    6.509805] HDMI status: Codec=0 Pin=5 
Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [    6.533772] HDMI status: Codec=1 Pin=5 
Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Sep 13 14:20:07 Pendragon kernel: [    6.557710] HDMI status: Codec=2 Pin=5 
Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.581717] HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=5 
Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.581814] input: HDA NVidia 
HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input10
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.581890] input: HDA NVidia 
HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input11
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.581954] input: HDA NVidia 
HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input12
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.582180] input: HDA NVidia 
HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input13
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.583236] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A 
-> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.583243] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting 
latency timer to 64
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.583247] vgaarb: device changed 
decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.583341] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX 
x86_64 Kernel Module  319.32  Wed Jun 19 15:51:20 PDT 2013
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.794290] init: udev-fallback-graphics 
main process (1380) terminated with status 1
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    6.951100] init: plymouth-stop pre-start 
process (1400) terminated with status 1
Sep 13 14:20:08 Pendragon kernel: [    7.533643] cfg80211: Found new beacon on 
frequency: 2472 MHz (Ch 13) on phy0

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