Comment 14 for bug 585685

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NoOp (glgxg) wrote : Re: [Bug 585685] Re: Logout after switch user causes black screen and disables keyboard and mouse

On 06/09/2010 04:28 PM, PatG wrote:
> OK, I removed the Nouveau driver as well and X now starts with the NV
> driver. I can freely login/logout and switch between KDE/fluxbox with no
> black screen lockups. So this once more appears to be a video driver
> issue.
>
> To recreate on my system.
>
> 1. Boot into X running either Nvidia 96 series or Nouveau driver with KDM.
> 2. Login
> 3. Logout/KDE or Exit/Fluxbox -> return to KDM login screen
> 4. Login
> 5. Attempt logout/exit and you get black screen lockup
>

Works for me with nouveau w/nvidia-96 & all nvidia* purged (gnome).

$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau:
  Installed: 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status