Same thing here using 09/09/09 liveCD or alpha5 with a nvidia 9400M in a dell studio 14z.
X fails to start as the video card is not recognized and I end up on a tty login prompt. My Xorg log looks just the same as David's: [...] II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, [....] (WW) NV: Ignoring unsupported device 0x10de0866 (C79 [GeForce 9400M G]) at 0...@00:00:0 Note: Workaround using alternate CD to perform install then install nvidia-glx-185 drivers, ubuntu boots just fine. -- [nv9400gm] X fails to start on MacBook 5,2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422463 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Mactel Support: New Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nv” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Booting from the latest daily liveCD of karmic fails on a MacBook 5,2. Everything loads fine except for the graphical environment, which crashed saying it can't find any displays. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 1 09:53:19 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20090901) Package: ubiquity 1.99.13 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-8.28-generic SourcePackage: ubiquity Uname: Linux 2.6.31-8-generic x86_64 [lspci] 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M G] [10de:0866] (rev b1) Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device [106b:00b1] _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
