[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) because there has been
no activity for 60 days.]
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978816
Title:
Booting/Installing with Nouveau on (some?) NVidia Fermi GPUs fails
Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Hello,
I thought this bug would be well known, but it seems not to be.
When I try to boot precise (happens with the installer, too) with my
GTX 570, it fails because of nouveau.
The Nouveau version shipped with precise seems to be too old to handle the
fermi chip correctly and the screen stays black.
Booting with the nomodeset parameter fixes the problem and boots in VESA mode
(but at least it is usable).
Manually updating to the latest upstream kernel from kernel.org fixes
the problem (I don't think that xserver-xorg-video-nouveau is really
the affected package, but I don't know any better, sorry :/ )
The bug is also described here:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43029
and there is also a dmesg from booting with nouveau and a video
showing the problem.
Possible fixes:
1: Backport whatever made it work in later kernels.
2: Detect fermi (I don't really know if all fermi cards are affected) and use
VESA instead of nouveau if fermi is detected.
Please tell me if you need more information.
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