[Bug 518387] Re: vga16fb sometimes claims fb0 before kms driver, a causing blank screen on boot

[Phil Ayres]

Hey, I just tried the new kernel mention by Bryce in the second comment.
I'm running an old Dell D800 with nvidia go 4200 card, and neither the
10.04 liveCD nor an upgrade from 9.10 allowed me to run with the Nouveau
driver.

After updating the kernel from the PPA, I am now the proud owner of a
Nouveau running D800. Admittedly, the kernel update does not start gdm
automatically, sending me to a text prompt, but a quick login and "sudo
service gdm start" seems to work fine. I hope these changes made it into
the final release of the .33 kernel.

I just wanted to tell the world, cos (a) I'm happy, and (b) I couldn't
find information anywhere else about 10.04 not working with a Dell
Latitude D800 and my specific geoforce 4200 card (for some reason Dell
up'd the card just after mine :( )

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vga16fb sometimes claims fb0 before kms driver, a causing blank screen on boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518387
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