I had a similar problem once with my old Dell Inspiron and this one fixed it for me:
http://ubuntu- austria.at/viewtopic.php?t=358&highlight=crash+installation if you don't know German, after a failed start of X, you go to console and type sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx sudo aticonfig --initial sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv startx and if you are still on live CD, you have to do it twice (once for the live CD and once for your real install). -- no screens found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313938 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