I concur with Aleksey1977, I am using an Averatec 3200, Broadcom chipset, same exact problem, can login via command line, but startx is a no go. 32 Bit 8.04 beta is used here. So it is safe to say confirmed by another Averatec owner.
-- [fixed in alpha6] hardy install alpha5 loops: broadcom: no firmware file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188282 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