I can confirm this on natty with 2.6.38-8-generic-pae (Dell XPS M1530, GeFore 8600M GT). The proprietary driver works fine. Incidentally this made the upgrade process from maverick to natty very difficult, as for some reason it tried to enable nouveau even though I had the proprietary drivers installed.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713864 Title: Black screen with nouveau on a GeForce 8600M GT, either LiveCD or fresh install _______________________________________________ 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