Lucid switchuser causes black screen

[NoOp]

On 05/19/2010 12:32 PM, arshad wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 12:17 -0700, NoOp wrote:
...
>> This happened to me the other day on a 10.04 machine (nVidia & intel
>> graphics). Odd part is that I could ssh into the machine & all seemed to
>> work. I could also VNC into the machine and view the desktop. Updated
>> gnome-screensaver from proposed and all seems to be working now. See:
>> 
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/xorg-server/+bug/546578
>> [black screen after a few user switches]
>> Note: I mention my graphics because the bulk of that bug report points
>> to ATI graphics; no ATI on this machine.

> thank you for your reply Noop.
> if that screensaver solved the thing would they include the patch in the
> updates? and how long do you think it would take?

Yes. It's already in proposed & you can use it now _if_ you enable the
proposed repository. See:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu
[Updates Tab]

However that will also show all proposed packages/package updates when
you run update manager & if you don't feel comfortable using 'proposed'
packages, I recommend not enabling it. You can use selective upgrading
from proposed:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed
[Selective upgrading from -proposed]

The time for packages to go from proposed to recommended depend upon the
package and issue. For some the change may be very fast, for others the
change may never make it & some other version may.

> 
> and untill then, i think i don't get this problem, if i 'lock the
> screen' and switch user and get into user 2. and log out back to user 1.
> this way i don't get this problem.

That worked for me as well.

> 
> thank you very much for your reply.