Perhaps this shouldn't have been converter to a question, which has now expired.... The problem is that the install process ocassionally fails to install gdm properly. The solution is to reinstall gdm:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall gdm There may be other causes as well. Perhaps this should be filed as a potential installer bug. -- JAUNTY: X-server doesn't start automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342479 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
