>From a remote ssh session, whilst at the GDM greeter page:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo vbetool vbemode get
3

After switching to VT console 1 using Ctrl+Alt+F1:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo vbetool vbemode get
3
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | egrep 'vga|fb'
fbcon                  41760  0 
tileblit                3584  1 fbcon
font                    9344  1 fbcon
bitblit                 6912  1 fbcon

Do:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo modprobe vga16fb

and text display appears.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo vbetool vbemode get
3

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Silicon Motion X driver fails to correctly restore text mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144178
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