This has fixed my problem.
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress
1250
before using the patched kernel it would only boot with radeon.modeset=0
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[RS600] video freeze with KMS (X and plymouth) (upstream patches available)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544590
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xorg
Description:Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release:10.04
Kernel 2.6.32-19-generic
Normal boot screen goes black appears to happen before gdm, does not
appear to respond to network.
Change grub setting to radeon.modeset=0 allows
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43216139/BootDmesg.txt
** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43216140/CurrentDmesg.txt
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43216141/Dependencies.txt
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