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Ubuntu 12.04 installation problems due to nouveau

Ubuntu installation failed due to power off and now getting the following error when trying to start installation again: nouveau failed to idle channel 1 and nouveau failed to idle channel 2. What is ...
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How to get a system nouveau-free

nouveau is giving me a hell of a lot of problems, and I would like to start without it altogether. I removed basically everything, up to libdrm-nouveau1a, because plymouth depends on it and if I try ...
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Swapped graphics card, ended with dead system

Where to start.... My OS is Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 AMD64 (no specific reason to get server other than avoiding any preset desktop environment right out of the box). I was having the fun of my lifetime ...
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How do I get nVidia drivers working on new 2012 iMac?

I can't get nVidia drivers working on my new iMac. It has the GeForce GTX 680MX card and I believe it's currently using the nouveau drivers. Whenever I install the nVidia drivers (I've tried ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 nomodeset fixes boot problem but causes screen resolution to get stuck

I've been searching the askubuntu forum for the past 3 days trying to figure out what's going on with my system and I have tried a lot of things but to no avail. So, I will explain my situation and ...
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How do I remove Nvidia drivers and revert to nouveau (12.04)?

I'd like to give the new nouveau drivers a try. When I try a Ubuntu live distro, they work pretty flawlessly, but I don't seem to be able to use them correctly on my installed system. What I do is ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 installation stops at time zone

I've been trying to install Ubuntu on my Alienware M17xR4 from a 12.04 liveUSB. Everytime I go through the install process, the wizard stops after the time zone selection. After I hit "Forward", the ...
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Update Manager won't install a Nouveau Display Driver

My Update Manager has had an update in it for weeks now, under Other Updates (LP-PPA-glasen-intel-driver). It is an X.Org Xserver Nouveau Display Driver. When I check the description, it says that ...
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How activate NVIDIA drivers?

Yesterday I was having a few memory leaks with Compiz, I decided to put this down to the new NVIDIA drivers that I installed. I purged everything with NVIDIA from my system and booted into Ubuntu ...
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Why do I have a black screen using Nouveau with Quadro FX 1800M?

I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a notebook HP Elibook 8540w, working with the recommended additional NVidia driver. The graphic card is a QUADRO FX 1800M. Since the NVidia driver causes several problems, I ...
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Hibernation/suspend - nvidia/nouveau - Tried everything, still not working, any idea?

Having tested all the solutions that I could find on the net, I try my luck here: I use Precise Pangolin, version 32bit kernel with pae Symptoms: Suspend goes well, but on resume, my screens ...
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Ubuntu 64-bit 12.04 installation dvd boot problem blank screen

I get blank screen when trying to install UbuntuStudio 64-bit DVD (i tried to install from DVD not USB stick). When using nosplash and no quiet i see that it hangs when it tries to load the nouveau ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 nouveau and plymouth

I've made a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, installed all updates and removed the proprietary Nvidia driver because I prefer Nouveau. Now I don't have Plymouth but only some weird line just few seconds ...
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Flash Player on Google Chrome lags [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I fix Flash issues? I have a question about Flash Player. I use Google Chrome as my default browser and my girlfriend uses to play facebook games. But the games ...
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12.04 install now just blank screen

I have attempted to install a new copy of 12.04 using usb stick instead of using download manager. Everything went fine while using usb stick until I restarted after installation was complete. Then, ...
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gnome shell choppy/flicking after --replace (nvidia gfx)

after regular updates/upgrades my gnome-shell stopped working and got into fallback mode. I have tested installing nvidia drivers (i have an nvidia gfx), removing them, blacklisting nouveau and other ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 and Nvidia woes

So I know this has been posted a few times, I have searched and tried options but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to install my video card drivers. Where I stand now: Fresh install of ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Live CD won't Boot

I run the installer and when it hits the nouveau video section I see it flash and try to load the desktop, but drops back to a cursor. It appears that the nouveau drivers are failing with my Geforce ...
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How do I get a Dell Latitude e6420 working?

I've just installed Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit) on a brand new Dell Latitude e6420, and I'm having a few problems. This laptop has an Optimus (?) setup - i.e. integrated gfx and an Nvidia Quadro NVS 4200M. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Poor performance of Nvidia Riva TNT2 (NV05) with nouveau driver

While using Ubuntu 12.04 I have poor performance in video playback on a Nvidia Riva TNT2 (NV05) videocard with 32MB on board. When using Ubuntu 11.04 and activating throug Jockey the ...
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GUI Hangs when using multiload-indicator

I upgraded to 12.04 Tuesday (1 May) and as of 3 May the GUI has hung 4-5 times: the clock stops moving the mouse cursor is responsive, but nothing happens when I click I can ssh to the machine I ...