[Bug 19599] New: After a crash, gdm will freeze after logging in and fail to begin loading Gnome

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Ubuntu | gdm

           Summary: After a crash, gdm will freeze after logging in and fail
                    to begin loading Gnome
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdm
        AssignedTo: seb128 at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: xeon at austin.rr.com
         QAContact: desktop-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


It's ALMOST reproducable, crash an Ubuntu system twice or so and it will begin
failing to load Gnome. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will stop gdm and return a user to the
console. As a means of recovering in case it was a crash (which it shouldn't be
because it was a manual Ctrl+Alt+Backspace), it will reload gdm. Many distro's
do this, but they do it more elegantly by not reloading after 3 tries. Ubuntu
persists to load. Also, if one Ctrl+Alt+Backspaces and then does a manual
startx, gdm will blue screen the entire Gnome session over and over again.

I suggest either not reloading gdm after a Ctrl+Alt+Backspace or ceasing after 3
tries. I also suggest having gdm check if there is already a Gnome session on
the console before interrupting the user by rending the entire screen unusable.

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