The blank screen is caused by the nouveau BIOS code not understanding the 0x3A opcode.
Support for this opcode has been added in http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6/commit/?id=877c1854cbc3f72c5e9948e5ff5a8f7e9d874d2e . This patch has not made it into 2.6.34, but it is in 2.6.34-git16. I can confirm that with the 2.6.34-git16 kernel with nouveau included, the screen no longer blanks on startup, and X works with the non- proprietary nouveau driver out of the box. -- [lucid] [nouveau] blank screen on Dell Latitude E6410 (NVS 3100M [10de:0a6c]) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 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