@John, Thanks again for keeping us moving. To the best of my ability/understanding, your theories are sound to me, FWIW! Here's some more info, as requested:
(a) My /var/run/gdm/firstserver.stamp does have a time matching my most recent boot. (b) I searched all of my /var/log/Xorg.* files for "no screens found" and found 7 files with this string--attached. ** Attachment added: "Xorg-logs-no-screens-found.tgz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1563650/+files/Xorg-logs-no-screens-found.tgz -- X starts on wrong tty: pressing enter after 5 minutes crashes X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625239 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