Please test if turning off KMS makes the issue go away. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting for directions.
If that works around the issue, then maybe we'll consider this as evidence we should blacklist KMS for i845 (see also bug #541492) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- [i845g] Login screen doesn't appear https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552481 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