[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 969121] Re: Cannot boot Live CD with Nvidia GTX 550Ti

> similar issue but generally can reach the desktop using nomodeset and install > and reboot using nomodeset to desktop but once the nvidia proprietery driver > is installed I am then unable to boot to login screen even adding nomodeset This is completely unrelated to this bug. 'nomodeset' effec

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 969121] Re: Cannot boot Live CD with Nvidia GTX 550Ti

This is a kernel bug which says that all 3.2 and 3.3 kernels will crash as soon as the nouveau kernel module is loaded. I don't know if other NVIDIA cards of the NVC0 generation are affected as well. The good news, not noted in the upstream bug: