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Replicated again when upgrading a another 9.10 system to 10.04
w/nvidia-96. Purposely had not set that machine to autologin &  the same
issue occured. Workaround is basically the same as before by adding a
custom.conf file to /etc/gdm to enable autologin:

1. When gdm is looping see if you can get into a console (wait for it to
settle after attempting to enter your password the first time (black
screen, gdm background, then frozen gdm login display again): Ctrl-
Alt-F1

2. Once into the console, login with your username and password. Then cd
to the /etc/gdm folder:

$ cd /etc/gdm

3. Now create a custom.conf file if you do not alread have one using
nano:

$ sudo nano custom.conf

Enter the following (substituting your regular username in the place of
<username>:

[daemon]
AutomaticLogin=<username>
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
DefaultSession=gnome
TimedLoginEnable=false
TimedLogin=<username>
TimedLoginDelay=30

Now use Ctrl-o save the file (leave it's name as custom.conf) and then
Ctrl-x to exit from nano.

Note: you can do the same by using 'sudo nano /etc/gdm/custom.conf' but
it may be more convenient to cd into the /etc/gdm folder first so that
you can use 'ls' and 'cat custom.conf' etc., later if you wish without
having to add the path in the commands.

Added Note: if you by chance already have a custom.conf on the system
already just change

AutomaticLoginEnable=false

to

AutomaticLoginEnable=true

4. Now, back at the console prompt ($):

$ sudo stop gdm
$ sudo start gdm

That _should _ get you into the desktop. Leave autologin enabled until
the bug is fixed.

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login fails with nvidia driver 96
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516520
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