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[Guillaume Giroux <gug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati
  
  Up-to-date Lucid with radeon driver. After switching user a few times
  (usually between 3 and 5 times), the screen goes black with only the
- mouse cursor visible. Restarting gdm fixes the issue, and nothing odd
- appears in XOrg.0.log when the black screen occurs. It also happens with
- KMS disabled.
+ mouse cursor visible after entering the user's password. VTs are also
+ completely black. Restarting gdm fixes the issue, and nothing odd
+ appears in XOrg.0.log when the black screen occurs.
+ 
+ - It also happens with KMS disabled.
+ - It also happens with compiz disabled for all users.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Mar 24 21:43:21 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP dx5150 MT(PV753AA)
  Package: xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic root=UUID=2f620498-4095-49f2-8ea6-7355f3d696ec ro
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
  dmi.bios.date: 03/08/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
  dmi.bios.version: 1.19
  dmi.board.name: 09AC
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr1.19:bd03/08/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPdx5150MT(PV753AA):pvr:rvnMSI:rn09AC:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: HP dx5150 MT(PV753AA)
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  system:
   distro:             Ubuntu
   codename:           lucid
   architecture:       i686
   kernel:             2.6.32-17-generic

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[RS480] black screen after a few user switches
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546578
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