I'm sorry to say that the issue is not just with the live CD. I installed with the alternate of Lubuntu (20121001) on the aforementioned GeForce FX Go5200 and no luck still: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1256127/
In fact, the screen is far worse and even more unusable if you use the nomodeset parameter than in the desktop. I'd love to change this from Fix Committed for as far as I can see on this hardware, the fix doesn't work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1043518 Title: live cd is unusable due to video degradation with the splash boot option enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1043518/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs