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[ankspo71 <jamesb.71@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Hello,
Ubuntu Lucid Alpha 3 Live CD.
The problem I am having is the live cd will only get as far as the cd's boot menu, and when I select either install or live cd, something shuts off my monitor and the power button blinks (no output to monitor I think). I tried this several times without setting special boot options, and several times with random boot options but I still can't get it too keep power to my monitor. This also happens with the check cd for errors option. Being that I have no display afterwards and the live cd is session only I have no log files or error messages to look at. If it is not the Nouveau drivers, then it might be ubiquity or xorg crashing my display.

It is not a problem with my monitor, because I am running Lucid alpha3
as we speak. Also, virtualbox ose in Karmic had no problem running the
iso image of Lucid-alpha3. I md5'ed the iso and it checks out fine. The
problem is only booting the cd from my PC. Another observation is the
lack of display does not prevent Lucid Alpha 3 live cd from booting into
a live session, because after 5 minutes or more I can here the ubuntu
login sound eventually.

I finally managed to get alpha 3 installed on my computer, but to do
that I had to perform the upgrade (update-manager -d) over my 9.10
installation. I couldn't use a free partition like I was hoping. Prior
to the Karmic to Lucid upgrade, I installed the proprietary Nvidia
graphics card driver to ensure I had working drivers after the upgrade.
I believe the driver series was 185. This driver does not show up in the
window of the hardware manager in Lucid alpha3. Instead, it shows I have
two of them activated, but not currently in use. The names of them are
"version current" and "nVida/Riva/TNT/GeForce".

My graphics card is a MSI branded Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI Express x16. A list of my hardware is included with this bug report.
thanks,

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Feb 28 11:51:24 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic i686

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 livecd lucid monitor nouveau

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Lucid Alpha3 live cd failing to boot properly, monitor powers off during boot. 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529563
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