Ok, this is likely to be a bug in the VIA video driver. If you edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change
Driver "via" to Driver "vesa" does X start? If so, it's certainly a buggy driver. ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gdm => xserver-xorg-driver-via Binarypackagename: gdm => None -- machine locks on first boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/40770 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
