FWIW, hit this just now, with brand new kernel 3.16.1 and ubuntu precise LTS 12.04
about 30-60 seconds into boot, after X comes up, before loging in: nouveau failed to idle channel 0xcccc0000 then monitor shuts off, and the system hangs hard, cannot alt-f1 to get to a tty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097178 Title: nouveau failed to idle channel 0xcccc0000 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-raring/+bug/1097178/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs