Ok, Here is what I did: Booted the Intrepid Live CD. Watched as X failed to configure. (See Xorg.0.log output attached above.) Hit <ctrl><alt><f1> to get a TTY Logged in, Configured the Network by hand (cuz I'm not registered for DHCP).
Fetched Tormod's backport: xserver-xorg-video-radeon_6.10.0.99+git20090114.0e69068a-0ubuntu0tormod~intrepid_i386.deb (from http://ppa.launchpad.net/tormodvolden/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-ati/) did dpkg -i to install solely that file. Hit <ctrl><alt><f7> to get the X connection. Hit <ctrl><alt><backspace> to restart X. Watched as X configured and started up just fine. Attached is the Xorg.0.log file from the successful start-up, changing ONLY the rev of xserver-xorg-video-radeon ** Attachment added: "Successful config of X with updated xserver-xorg-video-radeon" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21910022/Xorg.0.log.new-radeon -- X fails to start on Radeon HD 2400 Mobility (Ubuntu 8.10 RC) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289026 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