Thanks from the redhat bug sounds like the root cause of the crash is a bug in the kernel. The looping behavior is bug 441638 - a fix is in karmic-proposed now.
** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) -- [i915][Karmic-RC] gdm crashes in a loop after fresh install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460315 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp