I'm not sure it is exactly the same but at least it seems so. In my case is in Kubuntu Karmic with nvidia-graphics-drivers-185 (185.18.36), and I cannot achieve to get kdm, but startx works.
It's something weird because when I reconfigure the kernel and then reboot it works but only for the first time, then the problem comes back again, what I don't understand why. ** Attachment added: "kdm.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34957852/kdm.log ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- KDM cannot be started with the nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351222 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