Sadly "Option DmaMode None" did not help here. I'm using Xubuntu 6.10. My video card is a "S3 Inc. VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK) (rev 01)"
-- drm crash, possibly because of savage video-driver https://launchpad.net/bugs/37218 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs