The fact that gdm is dying for some reason is one thing. probably missing X drivers (nvidia) or something like that. But the fact that upstart doesn't have limit on number of times it re spawns a process is really bad, becase it makes it impossible to debug unless you ssh in the system
-- gdm main process keeps dying and respawning on reboot after karmic beta install 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 desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs