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[Jamie Kitson <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

After killing X (using alt+print screen+k) I see either a blank or
"corrupted" screen, see:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiekitson/4479689371/

Switching TTY (using ctrl+alt+1,2,3,etc.) does not change the screen at
all, but if I switch to 1 and type "startx" + enter (I still see no
change on screen) restarts X.

While X is running I can switch and use TTYs fine.

I have seen suggestions that this bug could be due to nVidia driver
issues, and I do indeed have an nVidia chip.

jamie@jamie-laptop:~$ lspci | grep nVid
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] (rev a1)

jamie@jamie-laptop:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  195.36.15  Fri Mar 12 00:29:13 PST 2010
GCC version:  gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-glx-185 195.36.15-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr  2 18:29:27 2010
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, x86_64: installed 
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-17-generic, x86_64: installed 
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-19-generic, x86_64: installed 
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-18-generic, x86_64: installed
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=391fd3a6-bb25-4a62-8b3b-c42e21f46c2c ro
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A15
dmi.board.name: 0U8042
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0U8042:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           lucid
 architecture:       x86_64
 kernel:             2.6.32-19-generic

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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Killing X Gives Blank/"Corrupted" TTY
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554116
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