I was wondering about that. Anyway, thanks for the reply(s). On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:47 PM, srg84 <sss...@gmail.com> wrote:
> @klemperal if you don't have another bootable kernel my solution is > useless. > > -- > karmic gdm restarts X infinitely when video driver fails to load > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431166 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: New > Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in gdm in Ubuntu Karmic: Confirmed > Status in upstart in Ubuntu Karmic: Invalid > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gdm > > If Xorg is misconfigured in a way that prevents the video driver from > loading, such as this /etc/X11/xorg.conf: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Default Device" > Driver "drunk" > EndSection > > (or, more realistically, if you’re using a proprietary driver that failed > to compile for the current kernel), then gdm will respawn X repeatedly, many > times per second, forever. > > When this happens, it is nearly impossible to log into the console to stop > gdm, because you cannot tell which characters of your password made it into > the password prompt while the screen was flickering wildly. So if you want > to test this, make sure you have an open console root shell with ‘stop gdm’ > ready to execute. > -- karmic gdm restarts X infinitely when video driver fails to load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431166 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
