Tormod: Yes I figured it out now. And disabling dri and glx and shifting to vesa lets me boot. So thank you for the fix.
I don't know if this can be fixed in time. But it is imparative that https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/59618 gets fixed so that we can boot in safe graphics mode and take it form there. -- [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X starts - drm lockup https://launchpad.net/bugs/67487 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs