Hello, the laptop now has knoppix on it, so I'm unable to do the latter (of running in recovery mode.) However, attached is the output of the lspci command. FWIW, the livecd also fails just before bringing up X (feisty, edgy and dapper are all the same.) Thanks Reuben
** Attachment added: "lspci -vvnn" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6582842/lspci-vvnn.log -- Installer fails on HPDV9210us when bringing up X https://launchpad.net/bugs/88786 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs