Have a very similar (probably same) problem on my fresh Ubuntu 12.10 installation. My system boots form an SSD drive, and it's using nvidia-current-updates (GeForce 9600 card).
It looks as if things work OK sometimes when I reboot, or I can manually just start lightdm from a ctrl+alt+F5 terminal.
Have a very similar (probably same) problem on my fresh Ubuntu 12.10 installation. My system boots form an SSD drive, and it's using nvidia- current- updates (GeForce 9600 card).
It looks as if things work OK sometimes when I reboot, or I can manually just start lightdm from a ctrl+alt+F5 terminal.