Same problem here on a Thinkpad Edge 11: After upgrading to 11.04 with an active fglrx driver Ubuntu boots into a non-working unity workspace.
As experienced user I was able to blindly logout (autologin) and change session type to Gnome classic. This may be an problematic issue for users relying on a graphical interface. 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748137 Title: unity rendering broken with fglrx (black masks) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs