For starters, info on your cpu/machine setup versus current running Kernel could prove useful. Like, is this the right kernel for your machine? I mean jsut because it boots does not neccessariy mean all is good in userland. Did you try running aptitude with the '-f install' tag? You might have some missing dependencies, although it sounds more like you are butting heads with a kernel mismatch, due to the FPU exception error.
Maybe just post your output from
#:/hardinfo
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