I'm happy to report that upgrading to kernel 2.6.30-9 indeed solved the problem :)
Many thanks Morg -- [gm45] console freezes when attempting to start second instance of Xserver with UXA enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381960 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs