Howard Cheng, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report: apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-ati REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful. Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576148 Title: Login screen (gdm) garbled on start up after upgrade to 10.04 LTS Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: xorg After booting, I get an garbled screen (in text mode?) but there is a mouse cursor that can be moved (but not much else). If I switch to a different virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1), I get a black (but bright) screen with no login prompt. Now I press Ctrl-Alt-F7 and then the gdm login screen shows up properly. I am also unable to perform "switch user" sometimes (resulting in a blank screen with the mouse cursor). I do not know if these two things are related. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed May 5 18:19:18 2010 DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 370 ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/tcsh SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display dmi.bios.date: 03/16/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A04 dmi.board.name: 0T7787 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd03/16/2005:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStation370:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0T7787:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation 370 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/576148/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

