correction with Beta 2: manually typing in 'nomodeset' on the command line , then allows the X to come up.
I eventually typed ' radeon.modeset=0 nomodeset ' -- New Apple iMac (Core i5) fails to boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542660 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xserver-xorg-driver-ati. _______________________________________________ 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