Same thing here using 09/09/09 liveCD or alpha5 with a nvidia 9400M in a dell studio 14z.
X fails to start as the video card is not recognized and I end up on a tty login prompt. My Xorg log looks just the same as David's: [...] II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, [....] (WW) NV: Ignoring unsupported device 0x10de0866 (C79 [GeForce 9400M G]) at 0...@00:00:0 Note: Workaround using alternate CD to perform install then install nvidia-glx-185 drivers, ubuntu boots just fine. -- [nv9400gm] X fails to start on MacBook 5,2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422463 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nv 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
