[Nouveau] [Bug 35514] Black screen with nouveau on a GeForce 8600M GT, either LiveCD or fresh install

[Emil Velikov]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:02:01 -0000, Mathieu Marquer <mathieu.marquer at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:55, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> There are a couple of things that should be taken into account
>>
>> 1. In the dmesg log provided nouveau is not loaded (remove nomodeset from
>> the kernel command line)
>>
> I'm not using nomodeset. Here is attached one when I'm using nomodeset (and
> where the system finally choose to use vesa), but the Xorg.log attached to
> the bug report is without nomodeset or any other specific kernel parameter.

Please attach a dmesg log, of a system startup *without* using nomodeset.
to obtain it, you can login into the system using ssh, or ask Ubuntu where
it keeps the old dmesg logs

>
> 2. Please (re)move the nouveau_dri.so file, as 3D is not supported.
>>
> I'll give a try
>
>
>>
>> Most likely the issue is unrelated to point 2, but without a comprehensive
>> log (see point 1), nothing decisive can be said.
>> As a possible "fix" take a look at Forcing Modes [1], and select a
>> lower resolution. (the list can be seen in your Xorg log)
>>
>> [1] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/KernelModeSetting
>>