It is strange that I only began to get this problem AFTER I have updated to version 8.04 LTS. I have used 6.04, 7.04 and 7.10 without this ever happening - no changes in hardware.
Searching the web it seems that others were getting this screen black out problem with earlier versions as well. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- 8.04 LTS Gnome hangs on start up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226458 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