This happens to me when I log out. The screen goes blank, and the computer stop responding entirely. ctrl+alt+f1 (etc), ctrl+alt+backspace... nothing works. I have to power off my computer and power back on again. I always find this message in /var/log/messages:
Jan 30 11:23:39 acerbic bonobo-activation-server (ianfp-8241): could not associate with desktop session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus- YrS0i8o3CM: Connection refused -- bonobo-activation-server : could not associate with desktop session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293970 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