Copy of my post in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/279004 I have marked it as a duplicate
CTRL+ALT+F1 And sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and adding Driver "Vesa" to section "Device" then PS -A | grep Xorg and kill it with sudo kill -9 id-for-xorg made kde 4 start. The 'ati' driver is not working. -- Got a black screen with Ubuntu 8.10 beta LIVE CD https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277699 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs