[Bug 567914] Re: 10.04b with 2.6.32-21 locks hard on startx

[Tim Keen]

I can confirm this is a problem on other X40's.  I've been successfully
running 9.10 on my X40.  When 10.4 was released a few days ago, I
upgraded using the standard distribution upgrade procedure.  Upon
reboot, the laptop was bricked.  It displays the Ubuntu logo (with dots)
for a second or two, then black screen.  No keyboard response.  Have to
power it down.  I tried burning a 10.4 Desktop CD, to see if I could try
a recovery procedure, but I get the same issue.  I cannot run the CD in
install nor in live cd mode, as it hangs with a black screen a few
seconds later.  Clearly this seems like a kernel issue.  I haven't been
able to get into it far enough to access any logs.  I'll be trying a
9.10 CD today.

At a minimum, X40 users should *NOT* install or upgrade to 10.4 unless
they want to brick their laptop.  Not until a kernel fix/work-around is
found.

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10.04b with 2.6.32-21 locks hard on startx
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