Right! It turns out that my lo interface _was_ the culprit after all. It
seems GDM wanted to use ipv6, which my firewall script blindly dropped.
Now that I have changed it to accept ipv6 packets to/from the lo
interface, all is well again!
** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
** Changed in: gdm (upstream)
Importance: Unknown => Undecided
Bugwatch: GNOME Bug Tracker #432624 => None
Status: Unknown => Unconfirmed
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