Okay, it's solved: adding "vga=normal" to the kernel parameters does the trick.
Please apologize that I didn't find this solution (out of Ubuntu documentation) earlier. Nevertheless, this could be a problem for other persons. Perhaps this kernel parameter could be added automagically if a ATI card is detected? Greetings, T.Lauckner Btw, there was a typo: it's a X1400. -- X crashes when changing VT (ATI X1700) https://launchpad.net/bugs/52030 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs