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i just installed ubuntu, and it says nouveau failed to idle channel 1 and 2. it also says nouveau playlist update failed. i believe this is a video card driver problem. what can i to to resolve this?

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intel i5 2500k evga nvidia geforce gtx 560 se dual booting with windows 7 professional used wubi to install

i took a photo of the command line text which i can upload if needed

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  • Try latest 3.6-rc4 kernel, should be fixed there.
    – user87211
    Sep 3, 2012 at 7:27

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Reset to default
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Problem solved. Needed to add nomodeset to the boot parameters.

Here's a link to a thread with solution: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

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I had this error while testing 12.10 alpha 3 and had to place 'xforcevesa' in the boot command line to get a screen, but once installed it seemed to clear itself.

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    thanks for the reply. im a ubuntu noob, im not sure exactly how to do that. when these errors are being displayed, its a running process, where i cant enter anything. is there some key i should hold/press when i try to boot?
    – kevin chapman
    Sep 4, 2012 at 0:02
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    Please tell the OP exactly how you did this, otherwise this answer is useless.
    – RolandiXor
    Sep 25, 2012 at 16:09

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