Using the same hardware (MBA 3,1) I've had the same screen corruption on every alpha and beta release of natty so far. The corruption happens with nouveau only, and can only be avoided by either: 1. Adding the kernel option "nomodeset"; or 2. Installing the proprietary Nvidia driver, which prevents nouveau from getting in the way.
Under natty, simply removing "quiet splash" from the boot options does not fix it at all. Only "nomodeset" works. The corruption appears to be an LVDS signalling/frequency/sync problem. This bug is also documented here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=650949 ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #650949 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=650949 ** Summary changed: - screen corruption with "quiet splash" on macbook air (nvidia 320M) + Screen corruption with on Macbook Air (nvidia 320M) ** Also affects: nouveau-kernel-source (Fedora) via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=650949 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746174 Title: Screen corruption on Macbook Air (Nvidia 320M) _______________________________________________ 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
