Yes, absolutely, that lock-up is not a nice welcome to Ubuntu. Unfortunately we are fumbling in the dark with this AGP setting, and several tries have been made to fix it, but it's always broken for _some_ people. "Other distros" probably use the older version, like the one in 7.04. Can you please attach the log from 7.04? Or, install the old .deb from 7.04 and see if it works without any options in xorg.conf.
And the resolution detection seems certainly broken. ddc does not return 1440x900 so I am not sure why that was chosen, maybe it just fits with the frequency ranges and such. I have filed a bug upstream for this: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15526 ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-driver-ati via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15526 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- 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
