Incidentally, I can demonstrate this quite reliably on my Intel box by doing "xgamma -gamma 0.5" from within my X session whilst it is active, then switching to a VT and doing "DISPLAY=:0.0 xgamma -gamma 1.0". On karmic, the gamma goes back to the correct value in my X session on the inactive VT, but it stays at 0.5 on lucid despite the X calls completing successfully (note, this tests the XF86VM gamma fade only).
Sarvatt said on IRC that ATI and nouveau users are experiencing the same behaviour too, it isn't limited to Ubuntu, and disabling fading fixes it. My computer with the binary nvidia driver is not affected by this though ** Also affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Lucid) Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- black screen after a few user switches https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546578 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs