i am having a similar issue. i couldn't install or login through the normal gnome session unless using failsafe session. but the same time, kubuntu 7.10 is runing flawlessly. here is my setup:
dump from lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 00:19.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation M5249 HTT to PCI Bridge 00:1b.0 Ethernet controller: ALi Corporation ULi 1689,1573 integrated ethernet. (rev 50) 00:1c.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.1 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.2 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.3 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller (rev 01) 00:1d.0 Audio device: ALi Corporation High Definition Audio/AC'97 Host Controller 00:1e.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to LPC Controller (rev 31) 00:1e.1 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] 00:1f.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c7) 00:1f.1 RAID bus controller: ALi Corporation ULi 5287 SATA (rev 02) 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200] 02:10.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01) hope this helps. ** Attachment added: "buglog.zip" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10632040/buglog.zip -- Refusing to initialize GTK+. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158875 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
