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[Frans <803992@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had the very same problem (CRITICAL: gdm_session_direct_get_username:
assertion `session != NULL' failed) in syslog, startx works), only the
line number in the message was different.

I found that my problem was caused by using autologin. 
As a workaround I went to administration/user accounts and put the autologin off for my account 
After that a reboot brought be to the gdm sesssion selection screen. Now I can specify the session to start and gnome classic does work for me (didn't try the others). 

You might get a message the first reboot that gnome failed or so.
Note that my gnome login screen is still on autologin; it is just uer accounts/autologin that I turned off.
(btw turning it on again made the problem reappear, I hoped that after setting a proper session things would work, but to no avail; guess it has to be kept off for now).

Hope this helps for you guys too.

Frans

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  Natty update introduced crasher in xorg

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