Hi Charlie, Thank you very much for following up.
I tried to reproduce and saw I saw a black screen the entire time, which is good IMO. Unfortunately, i dont have the original test system i logged this against... but i did test on a laptop with Ubuntu 8.04 x64. For future record, here are the specs of the new laptop: [Additional information:] $lsmod Module Size Used by af_packet 27272 4 binfmt_misc 14860 1 rfcomm 47392 11 l2cap 28800 13 rfcomm ppdev 11400 0 ipv6 311720 12 acpi_cpufreq 10832 2 cpufreq_powersave 3200 0 cpufreq_stats 8416 0 cpufreq_userspace 6180 0 cpufreq_ondemand 11152 1 cpufreq_conservative 10632 0 freq_table 6464 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand container 6656 0 sbs 17808 0 bay 8064 0 sbshc 8960 1 sbs dock 12960 1 bay iptable_filter 4608 0 ip_tables 24104 1 iptable_filter x_tables 23560 1 ip_tables sbp2 27272 0 parport_pc 41128 0 lp 14916 0 parport 44300 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp arc4 3456 2 ecb 5248 2 blkcipher 9476 1 ecb pcmcia 45976 0 joydev 15488 0 hci_usb 19228 2 bluetooth 67748 7 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb iwl4965 118516 0 iwlwifi_mac80211 251876 1 iwl4965 snd_hda_intel 440536 6 snd_pcm_oss 47648 0 snd_mixer_oss 20224 1 snd_pcm_oss cfg80211 17680 1 iwlwifi_mac80211 nvidia 8858052 76 snd_pcm 92168 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_page_alloc 13200 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm snd_hwdep 12552 1 snd_hda_intel i2c_core 28544 1 nvidia snd_seq_dummy 5764 0 snd_seq_oss 38912 0 evdev 14976 8 video 23444 14 serio_raw 9092 0 output 5632 1 video snd_seq_midi 10688 0 wmi_acer 11076 0 yenta_socket 30092 1 rsrc_nonstatic 14080 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 46116 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic button 10912 0 battery 16776 0 snd_rawmidi 29856 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 10112 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 63232 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event ac 8328 0 snd_timer 27912 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 10644 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq dcdbas 11312 0 snd 70856 23 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device iTCO_wdt 15312 0 iTCO_vendor_support 5764 1 iTCO_wdt soundcore 10400 1 snd psmouse 46236 0 shpchp 38172 0 pci_hotplug 34608 1 shpchp intel_agp 30624 0 pcspkr 4992 0 reiserfs 246912 2 sg 41880 0 sr_mod 20132 0 cdrom 41512 1 sr_mod sd_mod 33280 4 ata_piix 24196 3 ata_generic 9988 0 pata_acpi 9856 0 ohci1394 36532 0 ieee1394 106968 2 sbp2,ohci1394 libata 176432 3 ata_piix,ata_generic,pata_acpi scsi_mod 178488 5 sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata tg3 124804 0 ehci_hcd 41996 0 uhci_hcd 29856 0 usbcore 170288 4 hci_usb,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd thermal 19744 0 processor 41832 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal fan 6792 0 fbcon 46336 0 tileblit 4096 1 fbcon font 10112 1 fbcon bitblit 7424 1 fbcon softcursor 3712 1 bitblit fuse 56112 5 $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 135M (rev a1) 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Cardbus bridge (rev 21) 03:01.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61) -- When switching users, Screen is visible for split second before black out. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195311 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