*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 67487 *** I marked this as a duplicate of bug #67487 - posted there about a new workaround I found (setting agp speed to 4x in the bios) which seems to be allowing others to use the livecd as well.
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 37678 xorg DRI to hang with ATI 9600 pro ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 67487 [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X starts - drm lockup -- Knot 3: ATI 9600xt black screen freeze with Desktop CD https://launchpad.net/bugs/62234 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs