For the messy video, I already filed a bug a long time ago ... Last try with Jaunty in text mode. That gave the following xorg.conf and the joined Xorg.0.log.
Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" EndSection ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log, Jaunty boot in text mode" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21654711/Xorg.0.log -- [RV280 9200se] monitor frequency too high https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313262 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