Sometimes, when logging out or changing users, the screen goes black.

[Anthony Batchelor]

Binary package hint: gdm

Sometimes, when logging out or changing users, the screen goes black and nothing comes up.

Ctrl-Alt-F1 does not bring up the terminal, the screen stays black. Have to restart to fix issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdm 2.30.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 10 12:11:19 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue seems rather an xorg one

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for including the attached files. Could you also include your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or Xorg.0.log.old) from after reproducing the issue?

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` too.

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[Anthony Batchelor (toeknee)]

Sorry it took so long to get back, can only really look at this issue at the weekends.

I have changed from the open source ATI driver to the propriety one, and the symptoms are slightly different, but the problem remains.

This time, when I press Ctrl-Alt-F2, I can log in and restart safely. Also, the cursor is still visible on F7.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Anthony Batchelor, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xorg-server REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

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