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[Bryce Harrington <726496@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, the workaround would be to use -nouveau with the experimental 3d
mesa driver.  But YMMV... that is unsupported and is a bit hit-or-miss
for some people.

Another thing to try would be to uninstall and re-install -nvidia, which
should force a rebuild of the kernel driver.  Kind of a long-shot
though.

Booting an earlier kernel might be worthwhile just in case it is a
kernel ABI inconsistency.  Hold down <shift> while booting to see the
menu to select previously installed kernel versions.

As far as debugging, you could peruse these general upstream links:
  http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=58498
  ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/270.30/README/knownissues.html

I briefly scanned through them myself but didn't spot anything obviously
applicable here.  Perhaps something relevant would catch your eye
though.

Another place to check is the upstream forums:
  http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14

There are a couple reports of black screen / freezing bugs, but the symptoms sound slightly different than yours:
  http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=159440
  http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=159544


** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Cannot use Unity or Classic desktop with effects after the latest
  nvidia+xorg update