apt-get install --reinstall gdm seems to have fixed this. (Although I was puzzled for a long time by gdm refusing to start with a "start gdm" because I'd booted in single mode - that inhibitor shouldn't run when a manual start command is issued, surely?)
** Changed in: dell Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- [i965] X/gdm produce blank screen on startup after karmic upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506248 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs