I've tried the Karmic 9.10 alpha 3 (liveCD only) today and the system loads up with the black screen and only the cursor arrow visible. The cursor can be moved and I hear the ubuntu startup music play. It's very similar to the original bug I had with 8.10
-- [i830] black screen after intrepid login intel graphics unless 3d/compiz disabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316423 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs