good point. you can see dmesg/Xorg.0.log for the default boot here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1254953/ and indeed "No devices detected" is at the bottom
if it's relevant to anyone curious, here's the same info for nomodeset: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1255047/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061790 Title: misbehaving X on quantal ppc w/ nvidia geforce fx go5200 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1061790/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs