Problem does not go away with a different profile. If X restarts instead of the machine hanging, I see this:
[ 417.197517] HDMI hot plug event: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0 [ 417.197543] HDMI status: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1 [ 417.610845] HDMI hot plug event: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0 [ 417.610871] HDMI status: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0 [ 419.133733] HDMI hot plug event: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0 [ 419.133759] HDMI status: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0 [ 419.309745] HDMI hot plug event: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0 [ 419.309769] HDMI status: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/938981 Title: Xorg freeze when starting Firefox To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/938981/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs