phil, thank you for your comment. Unfortunately, the information is lacking information necessary to be actionable. However, so your problem and hardware may be tracked, could you please file a new report with Ubuntu by executing the following in a terminal while booted into the default Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline one) via: ubuntu-bug linux
For more on this, please read the official Ubuntu documentation: Ubuntu Bug Control and Ubuntu Bug Squad: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/BestPractices#X.2BAC8-Reporting.Focus_on_One_Issue Ubuntu Kernel Team: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/KernelTeamBugPolicies#Filing_Kernel_Bug_reports https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Policies/DuplicateBugs Ubuntu Community: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette When opening up the new report, please feel free to subscribe me to it. As well, please do not announce in this report you created a new bug report. Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/763052 Title: Ubuntu can't boot on nvidia GeForce GT240 with nouveau drivers Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in Accelerated Xorg driver for nVidia cards: Unknown Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in Fedora: New Bug description: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau I can't boot Ubuntu 10.10 on my PC with NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 (PCIe 16x). Instead login screen I see [attachment DSC00391.JPG]. Ctrl+Alt+Del and SysRq+B don't work. Why Ubuntu use experimental (nouveau) driver?!? : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver (experimental) WORKAROUND: I must install Ubuntu from alternate CD and boot to text mode and uninstall these packages: nouveau-firmware, xserver-xorg-video-nouveau and install nvidia-current package. WORKAROUND: Try boot live cd with "nomodeset" option. It works for me on GeForce GT 240. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/763052/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
