I updated the description - I think the reporter has made it clear that this bug happens with or without usplash. There are other bugs around for usplash trouble. Can somebody confirm that the computer is totally frozen, not just that X is locked up, for instance by ping over the network, disk drive LED activity etc?
Out of the more than 20 commenters here, I think only 4-5 have the same problem as Scott and Quash: X700 and X600 going black are two other bugs. usplash breaking consoles a third one. The combination of these looks like this bug, but is not the same. This is most likely a "ati" driver bug, and should be taken from there. Problems with other cards or other drivers should be filed in separate bugs. Please only change assigned-to and affected-package if you know what you are doing. Otherwise there is less chance that the right developers see this bug. ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: linux-meta => xserver-xorg-video-ati Assignee: Ubuntu Kernel Video Team => (unassigned) -- [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and full freeze when X starts https://launchpad.net/bugs/67487 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs