I have been able to get this going by installing nvidia-current. For some reason it broke again however this time I could run lightdm from command line after boot. I got sick of doing this every boot, so I started fresh again. The following output is from a fresh install prior to installing nvidia-current drivers.
Fresh 11.10 (32bit) install on Dell Precision M6500 (64bit). Boot stops after "Checking battery state". Ctrl+Alt+F1 then startx X.Org X Server 1.10.4 Release Date: 2011-08-19 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-29-server i686 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux hostname 3.0.0-12-generic-pae #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri OCT 7 16:37:17 UTC 2011 i686 Kernel command line: BOOT_MAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic-pae root=UUID-ba00a000-7b9f-40a8-a72b-18674f486639 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Build Date: 29 September 2011 12:48:48AM xorg-server 2:1.10.4-1ubuntu4 Current version of pixman: 0.22.2 ... ... (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0) FATAL: Module nvidia_173 not found. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) Screens(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Let me know if I can provide any more info. Still looking for a solid fix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824140 Title: Boot stops after "checking battery state..." Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: It's actually a duplicate of bug #577477, but in Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.10-generic-pae 3.0.1 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Aug 10 21:16:55 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110302) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-10 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/824140/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
