i messed up my system a bit by restarting before the 3000+ packages of an apt full-upgrade were configured, and this resulted in ye olde gdm3 endless-start-fail-loop with farting noises on the speakers. it would be really great to make it not endlessly restart but revert to a getty after a few fails. i would think this shouldn't be too hard to do in the systemd unit?

@mntmn > with farting noises on the speakers

I remember this would happen on Windoze 95 if you moved the mouse under heavy load. Or if you looked at it or breathed the wrong way :D.