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[Peter Goodall <peter.goodall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Erik Pettersen <pettersen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Charles,
>
> This *almost* worked.  I blacklisted the nvidia driver, and did the acpi
> shut off thing...  The only way I can boot to desktop is to launch recovery
> and select the limited graphics X option.  Then it "works" fine... but it's
> less than optimal video performance.  I'm not looking to game or even turn
> on any fancy desktop effects, just want my productivity apps to render
> correctly and do monitor spanning.
>
> Is there any hope/benefit in the upcoming sandy bridge support in natty
> narwhal alpha builds?  Alpha 3 is going to be released in a few days.
>

Sandy Bridge is already supported in Natty as of Alpha 2.  Though
there are some issues with graphics, I believe it is only under
certain circumstances that most users won't experience.  See
http://askubuntu.com/questions/22237/when-will-we-get-sandy-bridge-support.

I would wait for Alpha 3 if I were you just to ensure you get all the
fixes since Alpha 2.  I've been using 11.04 since before Alpha 1 and
it keeps getting better.

- Pete

>
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:21 AM, charles <aquasync@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> You could try blacklisting the nvidia modules:
>>
>> $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia.conf
>> blacklist nouveau
>> blacklist nvidia
>>
>> Then I think you need to update the initramfs:
>>
>> $ update-initramfs -u
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Charles
>>
>
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