Yes, "voodoo" is a good description of the workarounds I use to get back to a semi-usable desktop (mainly to be able to save any work).
I usually switch to a VT and issue permutations of the following commands (some combination often, but not always, works): $> killall -9 unity $> unity --replace $> killall -9 unity-panel-service $> xrandr --display :0.0 -q $> xrandr --display :0.0 --auto /N -- 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/1418295 Title: Black screen after resuming from suspend To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1418295/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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