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Note: This also affects the upcoming 10.04.3 update - see #9.
Note: A problem with writing the MBR from the installer has resurfaced - see #12

I have installed the alpha-1 version of 'natty' 11.04 on a Compaq
Presario SR1000 system (System Number EX325-AA-ABA) (originally sold as
"Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005"), and updated the
Ubuntu software up to this morning. Often it will not complete startup
of Xorg - in this case, the screen is black except for a narrow white
band at the top. The failure is shown in Xorg.0.log.

The display controller is: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation
C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] (rev a2)

I installed the 32-bit Dec 2 alpha-1 version of 'natty', then updated
this (see below for problems encountered).

Ubuntu version and kernel version
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu natty (development branch)"
Linux hp 2.6.37-12-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 5 18:42:49 UTC 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
model name	: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+
cpu MHz		: 1000.000

Installation was a hassle. I tried daily builds from the 12th and 18th
of January, and ran into various problems: First, I couldn't partition
the disk, due to a strange MBR (apparently) from the MS-Windows software
on the computer. Then, one of the installers simply hung at some point.
Finally, I partitioned and formatted the disk with a Puppy Linux CD,
then installed from the December 2 original Alpha-1 'natty' CD.  I did
re-format the partitions I had created with Puppy, to make sure there
wasn't any incompatibility in file-system details. After this, I updated
the system, at around the 18th or 19th of the month. I installed
openssh-server so that I can access the system over my LAN, when Xorg
won't start.

I haven't tried a 64-bit version yet, and don't really plan to do so.

I'm attaching a tar file with /proc/cpuinfo, /proc/meminfo, lsmod
output, lspci output, Xorg.0.log, and Xorg.0.log.old

I installed the nvidia driver recommended when the Gnome session first
started.

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Incomplete


** Tags: hp media-center nvidia
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Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with  nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset
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