It seems that your hard-drive is failing.. can you see error messages on the 'dmesg' output?
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- startx fails with vesa, ati on T41 with Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141609 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs