After doing a dist-upgrade to kubuntu 10.04 on the affected laptop I don't see this problem any more. I removed the nomodeset kernel commandline switch and also removed nosplash. It comes up in a good video mode and the display settings applet starts and runs fine.
-- [i965gm] X server hard crash when kubuntu System Settings Display app is started https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477134 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
