Update: I installed the 3.2.0 Kernel and now the proprietary graphics work. Apparently the bug in the Sandybridge Kernel modules has been fixed as of 3.2. I can boot without the nomodeset, etc., and the graphics show as "Intel Sandybridge Desktop". Unfortunately, I still can't run Compiz, so I'm still stuck with Unity 2d. If I try to run 3d I get to the desktop, but the panel, launcher, desktop icons, etc. never load, and there's very little functionality. There is (apparently -- according to a number of forums) an incompatibility between Sandybridge and Compiz. There's talk of workarounds involving installing xorg- edgers and removing some modules that Compiz currently blacklists (Compiz blacklists a number of Sandybridge modules), but I haven't tried that yet.
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