Looks like this was a hardware problem. Got another motherboard (Gigabyte) and video card, mythbuntu installs ok with the nvidia driver and glxgears runs fine. Marking as invalid.
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: mythbuntu Status: New => Invalid -- Hangs on boot at "Checking battery state..." with nVidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333048 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp