After an upgrade to intrepid alpha 4 this still occurs. To recap...
When logging out OR clicking XDMCP in the gdmgreeter a blank screen appears with 5 lines of text and a flashing cursor, the text is as follows in Intrepid:
On logout this disappears after about a second and I successfully arrive at the gdmgreeter.
When clicking XDMCP in the greeter on the other hand the system frequently just gets stuck with this text on the screen and I have to turn the computer off and then back on again.
After an upgrade to intrepid alpha 4 this still occurs. To recap...
When logging out OR clicking XDMCP in the gdmgreeter a blank screen appears with 5 lines of text and a flashing cursor, the text is as follows in Intrepid:
*Starting System Tools Backends
*Starting anac(h)ronistic cron anacron
*Starting deferred execution scheduler ATD
*Starting periodic command scheduler crond
*Enabling additional executable binary formats binfmt-support
*Checking battery state
On logout this disappears after about a second and I successfully arrive at the gdmgreeter.
When clicking XDMCP in the greeter on the other hand the system frequently just gets stuck with this text on the screen and I have to turn the computer off and then back on again.