The log suggested that you didn't have hal running. X in Lucid doesn't use hal at all but udev instead, and these situations should not happen anymore, since you can't live without udev.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- After upgrade to karmic, Xorg will boot with display blank, and no reaction to keypresses (e.g. Alt+Ctrl+1 shows no reaction) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp