On the live CD the username is ubuntu and there is no password just press enter when it asks for one. Im having the same problem. Below is the lspci -vvnn from my graphics card in 9.04 if it helps fix this bug.
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8200M G [10de:0845] (rev a2) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20 Region 0: Memory at c1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Region 3: Memory at c4000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Region 5: I/O ports at 4000 [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at c6000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb -- Xorg does not load in karmic using Zotac ion board A series https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404577 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs