Strange. The log file states that the xorg.conf was not found and therefore loaded config-defaults (vesafb-driver which never would be able to enable dri)... How did you change dri-settings? Via dpkg- reconfigure or manually? Does this still happen with 2.6.17-10-generic?
-- [Regression] 2.6.17-8-generic makes X crash if DRI is enabled in xorg.conf https://launchpad.net/bugs/61979 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs