I met this problem also. After I upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04, my gnome can't startup as described by Caroline. And I can enter failsafe mode.
-- [hardy] Gnome doesn't start - brown screen and cursor but nothing else https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196611 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