Just to dip my oar in... I have an IBM Thinkpad T22 (Savage/IX-MV). This also froze whilst upgrading X from 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 to 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4. After a reboot, I used aptitude to reinstall all the X packages, but X still froze the laptop on starting.
I've reverted to 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (ie. testing) for the time being. 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 had been running OK with kernel 2.6.14-2-686. (II) SAVAGE(0): initializing int10 (II) SAVAGE(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (II) SAVAGE(0): VESA BIOS detected (II) SAVAGE(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0 (II) SAVAGE(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 8192 kB (II) SAVAGE(0): VESA VBE OEM: S3 Incorporated. M7 BIOS (II) SAVAGE(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0 (II) SAVAGE(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: S3 Incorporated. (II) SAVAGE(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: VBE 2.0 (II) SAVAGE(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Rev 1.1 (--) SAVAGE(0): Chip: id 8c12, "Savage/IX-MV" (--) SAVAGE(0): Engine: "MobileSavage" (II) SAVAGE(0): mapping MMIO @ 0xf1000000 with size 0x80000 (==) SAVAGE(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (--) SAVAGE(0): probed videoram: 8192k -- Paul Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]