I've found that using alt-tab when the screen blanks causes it to appear again
** Tags added: apport-collected natty running-unity ** Description changed: Since upgrading to 11.04, the screen size is no longer correctly determined on boot and the screen may go black after running for a while. Latter can be corrected by ctrl-alt-del, former by repeatedly logging off and on until the correct screen size is determined. No such problem with 10 or before. P.S GRUB gets the screen size correct. My PC is a Toshiba Satellite A300 + --- + AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. + Architecture: i386 + ArecordDevices: + **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** + card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog] + Subdevices: 1/1 + Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 + AudioDevicesInUse: + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: maurice 1729 F.... pulseaudio + CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory + Card0.Amixer.info: + Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd6800000 irq 47' + Mixer name : 'Intel Cantiga HDMI' + Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,1179ff1e,00100003 HDA:11c11040,11790001,00100200 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000' + Controls : 22 + Simple ctrls : 11 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 + HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=59a312e7-7042-4f99-8fc7-b87ca02d06a3 + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) + MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A300 + Package: linux (not installed) + ProcEnviron: + LANGUAGE=en_GB:en + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic-pae root=UUID=8d9ecd06-8b0c-42b0-be09-802197d8520b ro vga=769 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic-pae 2.6.38.7 + RelatedPackageVersions: + linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-10-generic-pae N/A + linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-10-generic-pae N/A + linux-firmware 1.52 + RfKill: + 0: phy0: Wireless LAN + Soft blocked: no + Hard blocked: no + Tags: natty running-unity + Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic-pae i686 + UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-12 (87 days ago) + UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare + WifiSyslog: Aug 8 19:47:22 maurice-laptop kernel: [ 3407.491426] exe (4452): /proc/4452/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/4452/oom_score_adj instead. + dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2009 + dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE + dmi.bios.version: 2.20 + dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag + dmi.board.name: Portable PC + dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA + dmi.board.version: Base Board Version + dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag + dmi.chassis.type: 10 + dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer + dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version + dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvr2.20:bd12/07/2009:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA300:pvrPSAG8E-02Q00TEN:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: + dmi.product.name: Satellite A300 + dmi.product.version: PSAG8E-02Q00TEN + dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/801941 Title: screen goes blank, wrong size with Natty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/801941/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs