It sounds like you are affected by the race condition seen by SSD users. http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/ubuntu-lightdm-black-screen-when-using.html
Does it show up when you switch to a console and run "sudo service lightm restart"? -- Ben On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jack Chastain <[email protected]>wrote: > Yuck. I screwed up my inline reply - re-sending this a little cleaner. > Sorry! > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Jack Chastain <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Mark Wallace <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Do you have multiple desktops installed? >>> >> >> Not to my knowledge. I plan to do this at some point, but have not messed >> with it at all yet. >> >> >>> If you log out and then log in for another desktop, does the problem >>> surface there? >>> >> > I have done this several times and have not seen it happen - once the GUI > is up, there seem to be no problems - I have only seen this when I > initially power on the system - and as just indicated, not always. > > >> The default setting for Linux is to use the last desktop that you >>> logged out on. See if using another desktop solves the problem. >>> >> >> Not entirely sure how to do that. Clue? >> >> Thanks!! >> >> > JC > > -- > Google Voice: (914) 468-4552 > ---------------------------------------- > Prov. 12:15 > > Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. > > Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. > Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life. > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Jun 5 - Adventures in Debian Packaging > Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo > Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware > >
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