If it's of any help at all, I was bitten by this problem as well with Fedora 8...the following link MAY shed some more light, as my laptop (HP Pavilion ZV5000) has the same problem trying to boot the lastest Hardy releases (hard lock-up). If it's not of any assistance, my apologies.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384981 -- Loading b43legacy freezes computer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192720 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