In my case the nvidia kernel module was not built correctly built (it was resolved a day later) causing this problem.
It is simple to reproduce just create a bad xorg.conf, this can be done by making a spelling mistake, having the wrong driver ie the nvidia driver marked in the xorg.conf when the driver is not installed etc. -- upstart job keeps restarting a dying gdm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441638 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
