I'm having some similar or exact problems, but I'm not sure what does "when X tries to start" means, generally I have random crashes that results in a black screen and then i need to reboot, witch I think is due to ati drivers. I'm running karmic on hp with radeon hd 3200 is there any file logs I can post? I wrote in details on this thread about it : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1402806
-- [fglrx karmic] Black screen and no response after starting X (Radeon HD3870) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486502 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
