You're right, there's a backtrace at the end of the Xorg.0.log.old. (attached)
The procedure when the xserver is failing is that (after entering the password): 1. the xubuntu "glowfly" screen 2. blanking 3. the glowfly screen 4. white screen 5. login screen again on success it's: 1. glowfly screen 2. blanking 3. changed resolution glowfly screen 4. white screen 5. xfce desktop ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.old" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34413138/Xorg.0.log.old -- Need more login tries to start X (Xubuntu) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460478 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp