Alright, not exactly sure what's going on, but if it is blanking before the splash screen and comes back when gdm's login screen draws, then the failure is occurring prior to X starting up, so it is not an X.org issue. Refiling to usplash, although it might be a kernel bug, not sure...
** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) => usplash (Ubuntu) -- tty corruption on press Ctrl+Alt+F1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411264 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ 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
