nvidia gt240 boot problem

[J]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 16:46, Mark <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:
>> trying to boot with a new Nvidia GT240 video card using nouveau,
>> kernel 2.6.35-22-generic(recovery mode)
>>
>> error is:
>>
>> [   10.320231] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Couldn't find matching
>> output script table
>>
>> I'd like to be able to boot into some gui that would allow me to
>> download the nvidia driver and try that instead. That seems to have
>> worked for others.
>>
> You may need to use a different machine to get it - you'll need a
> browser to visit nvidia and it doesn't sound like that's going to work
> too well without a graphics mode login (unless you know how to use
> text-based internet access).
>
> If you get the driver from nvidia, you'll need to install it from a
> non-GUI mode anyway.  (They call it "run level 3" but I've been
> chastened that there isn't really any such thing here in
> Debian/Ubuntu, you just need to kill all the gdms before you can
> install it.)

if the OP can boot at all and get a console, he should be able to
install using jockey from command line...

I'm not sure how far you're getting in the boot process, but try
getting to a console by hitting CTRL-ALT-F1, then log in.

then you can look at the man page for jockey:

man jockey-text

and that'll tell you how to scan for available drivers and install them.

Jockey is the tool that runs when you use the "Hardware Drivers" menu item.

Cheers
Jeff