When instead of logging out I try to reset gdm using control-alt-back space I get to a console but gdm doesn't reload.
and now /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains three extra lines: Synaptics DeviceOff called (II) fglrx(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel (II) fglrx(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x1f7000 at 0xb7c8d000 To allow me to log in I then have to: sudo killall gdm sudo gdm -- logout leads to crash (feisty) https://launchpad.net/bugs/94370 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs