Due to bug 919398 wondering if they're related. The graphics corruption was always colourful or rather it displayed the broken user background image. Recently it's black instead, same as the window underneath, it doesn't display a broken user background image.
** Attachment added: "greeter2.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/933322/+attachment/2776455/+files/greeter2.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/933322 Title: LightDM graphic corruption with ati and nvidia Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in Unity Greeter: New Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: LightDM shows graphic corruption after entering password and pressing Enter. No matter if I choose Gnome Shell or Unity as a session, the corruption is still there. No other graphic corruption is visible on desktop(s). GPU: ATI Radeon 9600 AS (AGP) GPU driver: xserver-xorg-video-ati Version: 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 Display: L1715S Will attach photos later today. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: lightdm 1.1.2-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic-pae 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Feb 16 10:34:04 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120201.1) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/933322/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp