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[Rob Tongue <robtongue@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maarten, This actually makes lots of sense.  I had it happen again last
night, and after checking logs, it was indeed Xorg losing control of
direct rendering.  I can move the mouse around the black screen, and
watch the cursor change as it goes over links, and various other things,
and I can still type in whatever window was active.... I just can't see
any of it.  Even dropping to TTY1, the mouse cursor is still visible,
and keystrokes still get dumped to the active window, even though I
dropped to another tty.   Also I am on Intel hardware.

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Title:
  [13.10] Ubuntu freezes completely when switching user

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I'm using a freshly installed Ubuntu 13.10. As soon as I click on a
  different user I want to switch to in the gearbox menu I get a black
  screen and nothing else is happening. I'm still able to SSH to that
  box and top does not show any process taking 100% CPU. Alt+sysrq+b is
  able to reboot the system. I had no problem like this with Ubuntu
  13.04 on the same computer.

  WORKAROUND: Disable the nvidia card in the BIOS.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: lightdm 1.8.2-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Nov  1 17:40:41 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-30 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     2816 F.... pulseaudio
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  IwConfig:
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
   
   lo        no wireless extensions.
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140105)
  MachineType: Acer Aspire 5755G
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB:
   0 inteldrmfb
   1 nouveaufb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.12.0-7-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.12.0-7-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.119
  Tags:  trusty
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
  dmi.bios.version: V1.21
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: JV51_HR
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: V1.21
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.21:bd08/09/2012:svnAcer:pnAspire5755G:pvrV1.21:rvnAcer:rnJV51_HR:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.21:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire 5755G
  dmi.product.version: V1.21
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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