Well, let's see if we can narrow down the component first. I think that gnome-settings-daemon may save what's in memory to file when you log out. So you might try logging out (or stopping g-s-d) and then removing the monitors.xml file, and then log in.
** Summary changed: - Display flickers or blank on login + [Arrandale] Display flickers or blank on login -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758785 Title: [Arrandale] Display flickers or blank on login _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp