Comment 19 for bug 197267

Same problem, followed by:

[3.445580] IO APIC resources could bet not allocated

I can login to desktop, but after few seconds the monitor became black and then the system return in the graphic login prompt, again, infinitely.

System: Pentium 3 1Ghz, 512Mb RAM, M.B. Asus CUSL2-C with latest BIOS, hard disk 200Gb, DVD drive.
I tried a clean installation with Ubuntu 9.04 from original CD desktop version. I made a manual partitioning to prevent Grub error 18:
sda1 1gb ext3 mounted with /boot
sda5 rest_of_space ext3 mounted with /