Thank you for your fast response. Option "DRI" "off" does make a difference. The system still boots to a blank screen but the system does not freeze. Thus I can use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to use the command shell.
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13268701/Xorg.0.log -- Freeze with ati driver during boot on 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214105 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