If the issue happens before X is even loaded, then that means it's not an X bug.
It sounds like plymouth (or perhaps grub or something else in the plumbing layer) put the GPU into a bad state, and so when eventually X came up, it couldn't fire up 3D on it, thus no effects. You might try booting earlier alphas of natty to see if you can bracket when it started. ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) => plymouth (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713877 Title: No desktop effects and no "True Color" color depth _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
