I have an old computer with an ATi Radeon 9600 XT on it.
If I boot up with the Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS LiveDVD everything works just fine.
But if I try to boot with the 8.10 or 9.04 my computer would freeze when starting the X Server. Actually, the X Server doesn't even start. I see the boot logo till it loads completely but after that step it is supposed to get me to the login screen. The problem is that My monitor goes to standby (maybe it can't find display modes) and I have to reset my computer.
I installed 8.04.2 and made an incremental dist-upgrade to Jaunty, but the same issue is present. I did not install FGLRX because my card is not supported any more.
My temporary sollution is to boot into my 9.04 installation using the 8.04 kernel from the GRUB menu.
Maybe someone can help me find a fix for this issue as I could't find on the internet yet and maybe this fix will get intergrated in 9.10
[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge [10de:00e1] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:813f]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] [1002:4152]
Subsystem: Info-Tek Corp. Device [18bc:0246]
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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
GdmLog1: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.1'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.1: No such file or directory
GdmLog2: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1)
Lsusb:
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: ASUSTek Computer Inc. K8N-E
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Tags: lucid lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 02/16/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1004.011
dmi.board.name: K8N-E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1004.011:bd02/16/2006:svnASUSTekComputerInc.:pnK8N-E:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnK8N-E:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: K8N-E
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic
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