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-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel 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