The black green I get into when running GDM is terminal--there's no
way I can possibly see the output of `ps aux | grep x` after starting
GDM. Your last comment seemed to be assuming I was using a laptop. I'm
not. This is happening on a "stock" Dell Optiplex desktop. Let me know
if your comment still applies to desktops. Cheers.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Bryce Harrington
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, both kdm and gdm are using the same display drivers.  There *might*
> be some differences in how X is called though, but I'm very doubtful it
> could cause this problem.  Run each gdm and kdm, and do a `ps auwx |
> grep X` to check this.
>
> Did you test turning off LVDS in my comment above?
>
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> blank screen after ubuntu load screen; startx works (full color/resolution) 
> in recovery mode
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252609
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>
> Status in "xserver-xorg-video-intel" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> -First symptoms appeared when installing using hardy graphical install disk; 
> this gave me blank screen instead of login
> -However, text install worked
> -Now, I get the same blank screen after the ubuntu load screen displays for 
> 5-10 seconds
>
> I tried the following:
> -boot into recovery mode; fix xorg (doesn't fix problem)
> -boot into recovery mode; root terminal; startx (X starts full resolution, 
> full colors, glxinfo gives direct rendering = Yes)
>
> What other debug info would help diagnose problem?
>

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