Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #68433
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 68433

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DominikBodi (dominik-bodi) wrote :

You mix up three different problems here:
1. freeze during boot
2. X not starting in the internal display but on the external VGA output.
3. safe graphics mode not working.

1. try adding the options "irqpoll" or "noapic nolapic" to the boot line in the CDs boot menu, check for bugs that relate to that.
2. that's https://launchpad.net/products/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/22985
unless you don't have a laptop, or a gfx card with only one output port.
3. that's https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/67405

I suggest marking this one as closed and add comments to the bugs already filed. For number 1. check if there's bug reports for that already. I used to have a similar problem, but that was fixed in the past.
Changing the driver in xorg.conf from ati to radeon usually doesn't help. You might want to utilise adding the "MonitorLayout" option in xorg.conf as described in the original bug report though. Alternatively, installing the non-free fglrx driver is a workaround likely to work.

Regards,
Dominik