I'd seen something like this as well on my Dell 945GM laptop, but am not seeing it currently when booting. Please test against a version of Ubuntu newer than tribe5. If it still occurs we can report it upstream.
Btw, this is going to either be against package gdm or xserver-xorg- video-intel, not xorg. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- [feisty] brief glitch at the bottom of the screen after gdm starts with i915 graphics card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130429 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs