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[Rolf Leggewie <431166@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karmic has long since stopped to receive any updates. Marking the Karmic
task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu Karmic)
       Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix

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Title:
  karmic gdm restarts X infinitely when video driver fails to load

Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager:
  Invalid
Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “gdm” source package in Karmic:
  Won't Fix
Status in “upstart” source package in 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.

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