I had the same problem here, on a computer similar (identical?) to original poster's; Amilo A3667G with Turion 64 and Radeon X700, though running a x86 kernel (yes). It was solved with kernel nomodeset and radeon.modeset=0.
Any link to this issue upstreams? -- [X700] KMS, amd64: Kernel panic while trying to launch system > preferences > appearance https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544741 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