It seems like the crash wouldn't happen on the open source driver anymore? Test with Ubuntu 6.10, too. Problems with fglrx are not related to this bug report, ATI's closed drivers are known to have numerous problems with suspend and terminal changing.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- X hangs system on switch back https://launchpad.net/bugs/57840 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs