Can't log in with linux 2.6.32-21-generic kernel on Lucid

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "NoOp" == NoOp  <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> writes:

    NoOp> On 04/22/2010 07:06 AM, Laura Conrad wrote:

    >> The most serious of these is that I can't log in with the current kernel
    >> (2.6.32-21-generic).  I'm running xubuntu on a thinkpad R41e.  If I boot
    >> the previous kernel (2.6.32-20-generic), I get a black screen with
    >> xubuntu and a mouse in the moon on it, then a grey screen with a larger
    >> mouse over the xubuntu text, and then the login screen.  With the newer
    >> kernel, I get the mouse in the moon for a small number of seconds and
    >> then the screen goes blank and never comes back.  I can't get to the
    >> terminals by ctr-alt-F<x> either.

    NoOp> My guess would be that it's a video driver issue. However I can't find
    NoOp> any specs for an thinkpad R41e (even on the lenovo support site - they
    NoOp> only list R40).

Sorry, it's an R50e.  Remembering numbers is what computers are for.

    NoOp> - What graphics card & which drivers are you using?

I didn't change anything.  It's been running ubuntu since I got it,
except when I *have* to boot windows, and the graphics haven't been a
problem before.  Here's the output of lsmod:

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    NoOp> - Are you aware of a bug that has already been filed on launchpad that
    NoOp> may match your issue? If so, can you provided the details?

Nothing really obvious.  This
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/552481>
looks similar, but I don't get either the mouse pointer or the drumbeat
sounds.

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