I fixed the problem by rolling back some mesa related drivers from the x-updates PPA. Once I did that everything worked fine again.
I knew it was weird that I couldn't find any information on this, close this bug sorry I should have tried rolling back these updates first. -- gnome screensaver only shows blank screen on karmic 9.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs