I agree that this it is very important that this bug gets fixed very soon, and hopefully that it'll be fixed on the 6.10.1 cd.
I the mean time there is a workaround here: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/67487 See the post from Tormod from 2006-11-05 16:31:36 CET -- "Safe graphics mode" doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
