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[Simon Barber <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This solution leaves the Nvidia chip on, and consuming power. A better 
solution is to do this hybrid graphics fix:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics#Enabling_vga_switcheroo

This seems to avoid the nouveau crash, and turns off the Nvidia chip.

Simon


On 04/03/2012 05:04 PM, Simon Barber wrote:
> I'm using a Vaio VGN-Z890.
>
> X crashes shortly after startup (CPU pegged, can still move mouse, as
> soon as any key pressed machine freezes).
>
> The problem is a crash in the nouveau driver. My workaround is to remove
> the nouveau module from /lib/modules/<your kernel
> version>/kernel/driver/gpu/drm/nouveau
> then dpkg-reconfigure <your kernel package>
>
> Now I can reboot and use X.
>
> Simon