Lucid freezes at gdm login
Bug #519410 reported by
Matt Joiner
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #532047: Plymouth text-mode splash causes X to crash on first run due to shared tty7.
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Bug Description
I installed Lucid at alpha1. Since the 2.6.32-12 kernel, my system crashes as I'm typing my password into gdm. The scroll lock light on the keyboard flashes briefly on about the 3rd or 4th key and the system locks up completely. The mouse and keyboard stop responding, and I have to reset the power.
Using the recovery option in GRUB I've tried removing nvidia, and booting some earlier kernels to no avail.
I can confirm this bug on a laptop with a nvidia card with the nvidia- current- driver.
A small precision : the freeze happen only when typing "enter" after typing my password in gdm, or trying to switch to a console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) but the scroll lock light lights up after typing a fey keys and stays up until typing enter (after which the scroll lock light is off and everything is frozen).
I can work arround this bug by starting in recovery mode and then starting gdm manually (sudo service gdm start).