Update: I installed Feisty Herd-3 and ran the update manager -- and this problem did not persist. Thus I can only confirm this behavior when using booting off of the Feisty Herd-3 LiveCD.
-- [feisty-herd3] X Display in Power-Saving mode on Startup, LiveCD even https://launchpad.net/bugs/83726 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
