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I have this exact same situation with natty final release 11.04.  I installed Kubuntu AMD64 version 11.04 from the live CD, with an ATI video card, and it installed and ran just fine.  Then my video card died, and I replaced it with a Sparkle GeForce 210 card, and it wouldn't boot.  I wiped the disk started over, and after selecting the "run Kubuntu" option, the screen turned black with the blinking cursor, and would not change until the computer was rebooted.  This was true also with the i386 version of the CD, and also the alternate version.  I do not have any dual video selection made in the BIOS.  THen I changed the video card to an ATI Radeon 4670, and everything worked just fine again.  
     It is clear to me that this is an installation bug, and it is very disturbing that this bug endured through several beta versions right into the final release.  And I didn't know anything about the "nouveau.blacklist=1" option until I found this bug account. I have not tried that, but I did try the nomodeset option with no effect.  Surely this is the type bug that can be easily avoided if the developers are willing to perhaps sacrifice a little "eye candy" and use an install screen that uses a very basic VGA video mode that EVERY video card can handle.  I hate to say it, but Microsoft can do it.  Why can't Linux???????

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Title:
  Live-CD and Installed Ubuntu freeze on boot with GeForce 210 / Nouveau