I have exactly the same problem, on my three-year old Dell Inspiron 6000 with a Ati Mobility X300. When I switch to tty1-6 I only See a blinking cursor. According to ps -e I have 6 Instances of Getty up and running Some Additional Info: I have no problem Switching back to X with Alt+F7 It worked on Gutsy before I updated using update-manager -d It doesn't help Switching to ttyX during Usplash.
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