@Doug McMahon, nice find! So it sounds like the real problem was a one line oops in nouveau, which is part of the kernel. I've tried to add the kernel to this bug report, but I may have picked the wrong project.
** Also affects: linux via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857300 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1043518 Title: live cd is unusable due to video degradation with the splash boot option enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1043518/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
