Well, let's see if we can narrow down the component first. I think that gnome-settings-daemon may save what's in memory to file when you log out. So you might try logging out (or stopping g-s-d) and then removing the monitors.xml file, and then log in.
** Summary changed: - Display flickers or blank on login + [Arrandale] Display flickers or blank on login -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758785 Title: [Arrandale] Display flickers or blank on login -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
