Can you try to switch to tty1 (Strg+Alt+F1) and then back to tty7 (Strg+Alt+F7).
Does kdm start up then? -- KDM fails to launch X on edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/59242 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs