For me the behavior has changed now since Steves fix. Previously pressing ENTER caused X to freeze, now gdm is frozen from the start, I can't even move the mouse or enter a password. As previous, Alt-Print-K restarts X and fixes it.
1. I use lucid 64 bit with Nvidia GeForce 9300M G with binary drivers (nvidia-current) 2. I see no logo 3. I see blue and white bars at bottom of screen 4. The bars disappear when the spinning cursor appears 5. $ cat /proc/fb 0 VGA16 VGA 6. $ ps aw | grep X.*vt 1732 tty7 Rs+ 0:16 /usr/bin/X :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-4h7UJ8/database -nolisten tcp vt7 7. dpkg -l plymouth libplymouth2 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii libplymouth2 0.8.0~-10 graphical boot animation and logger - shared ii plymouth 0.8.0~-10 graphical boot animation and logger - main p Hope that helps. -- Pressing <Enter> causes X to freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516412 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