The new 8.35.5 driver may fix this. Release notes: The screen no longer turns black if the X-Server is terminated from the text console. This condition was known to occur only on certain laptop configurations. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26829.
-- Switching users (switch user) blank screen on fglrx (ATI driver) https://launchpad.net/bugs/98684 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
