Ok. I thought you said your CD speed fix had solved it :( Have you tried it with the current edgy beta?
Can you login in to the command line? Looking at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingSystemCrash there are some instructions for crashes that happen at start up. Does this help you provide any information? -- Problem installing Edgy on IBM thinkpad 600E https://launchpad.net/bugs/56925 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs