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[Massimo Forti <massimo.forti@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
  
  I bought a new graphics adaptor to replace my old ATI one. The model I
  chose is a Gainward GeForce 210 1024MB DDR2 HDMI.
  
  Upon installing the new adaptor my Ubuntu 10.10 64bit system froze on
  reboot. I tried booting from the 64 and 32 bit CDs always producing the
  same result - freezing. It freezes right when starting to boot from GRUB
  - producing just a blinking cursor in the upper left corner of an
  otherwise empty screen.
  
  This has not changed with the lastest alpha 2 CD of Natty, either.
  
  After changing the grub command line options to "nouveau.blacklist=1"
  (as suggested somewhere on the web) I could boot my system and install
  the NVIDIA driver instead which works fine, however, I no longer get a
  bootsplash. Consecutively I made it a default in /etc/default/grub to
  keep my system from freezing.
  
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nouveau.blacklist=1"
  
  I did an lspic -vv, maybe it helps:
  
  01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
-  Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device 1401
-  Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
-  Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
-  Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
-  Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
-  Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
-  Region 1: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
-  Region 3: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
-  Region 5: I/O ports at 9000 [size=128]
-  Expansion ROM at d1000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
-  Capabilities: <access denied>
-  Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
+  Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device 1401
+  Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
+  Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
+  Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
+  Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
+  Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
+  Region 1: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
+  Region 3: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
+  Region 5: I/O ports at 9000 [size=128]
+  Expansion ROM at d1000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
+  Capabilities: <access denied>
+  Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
  
  Anyway, I thought I might report this bug as a frozen system might be a
  real showstopper for any Linux newbies. I'd be grateful, if somebody
  could look into this.
  
  I already reported this as an addition to bug #661235 but I was asked to
  start a new bug report as it seems to differ form the situation
  originally described there.

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

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