Adding the check to the upstart script seems to be a good idea. I've created a patch for that. Ideally, the check whether GDM is default display manager should be in the "start on" condition, but I don't know how to do that.
** Attachment added: "Patch of the upstart script failsafe-x" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36504349/failsafe-upstart.patch -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 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