After some upgrade/update my laptop (Sony VGN-SZ750N) stopped starting the graphical interface. For a couple of days I simply logged in, said "startx", and started working. After about five minutes, the graphical login would show up, interrupting what I was doing.
So I decided to investigate, and I discovered that reverting the patch discussed here fixes my problem. -- gdm/kdm starting too early for DRM modules to load, no video https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615549 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