Hi,
I finally managed to get alpha 3 installed on my computer, but to do that I had to perform the upgrade (update-manager -d) over my 9.10 installation. I couldn't use a free partition like I was hoping.
The problem is, the live cd will only get as far as the cd's boot menu, and when I select either install or live cd, something shuts off my monitor and the power button blinks (no output to monitor I think). I tried this several times without setting special boot options, and several times with random boot options but I still can't get it too keep power to my monitor. Being that I have no display and the live cd is session only I have no log files or error messages to look at. If it is not the Nouveau drivers, then it might be ubiquity or xorg crashing my display.
It is not a problem with my monitor, because I am running Lucid alpha3 as we speak. Also, virtualbox has no problem running the iso image of Lucid-alpha3. I md5'ed the iso and it checks out fine. The problem is only booting the cd from my PC.
Does anybody know of a command or boot option to bypass the new Nouveau drivers, and let me use the earlier open source nvidia drivers?
(Nvidia 8400 GS)
Here's my other hardware:
Thanks,Code:james@James-Karmic:~$ sudo lshw [sudo] password for james: james-karmic description: Desktop Computer product: P4M90-M4 vendor: BIOSTAR Group version: Ver:1.0 serial: OEM width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 uuid=00000000-0000-0000-3412-000078563412 *-core description: Motherboard product: P4M90-M4 vendor: BIOSTAR Group physical id: 0 version: Ver:1.0 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD physical id: 0 version: 6.00 PG (12/12/2008) size: 128KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: 15.4.1 serial: 0000-0F41-0000-0000-0000-0000 slot: Socket 775 size: 3GHz capacity: 4GHz width: 32 bits clock: 200MHz capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid xtpr configuration: id=1 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 8 slot: Internal Cache size: 32KiB capacity: 32KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 9 slot: External Cache size: 1MiB capacity: 1MiB capabilities: synchronous external write-back *-logicalcpu:0 description: Logical CPU physical id: 1.1 width: 32 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:1 description: Logical CPU physical id: 1.2 width: 32 bits capabilities: logical *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 17 slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM DDR2 physical id: 0 slot: A0 size: 2GiB *-bank:1 description: DIMM DDR2 [empty] physical id: 1 slot: A1 *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-via latency=8 resources: irq:0 memory:d8000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) *-generic UNCLAIMED description: PIC product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 0.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.5 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci pm bus_master cap_list resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fdc00000-fdcfffff memory:fdb00000-fdbfffff(prefetchable) *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 80 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress pm msi ht bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:27 ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:f8000000-fbffffff ioport:c0000000(size=268435456) *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: G98 [GeForce 8400 GS] vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 resources: irq:24 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff(prefetchable) memory:f8000000-f9ffffff ioport:bc00(size=128) memory:fb000000-fb01ffff(prefetchable) *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 3 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0 version: 80 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress pm msi ht bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:31 ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:fde00000-fdefffff ioport:fdd00000(size=1048576) *-ide:0 description: IDE interface product: VIA Technologies, Inc. vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: f bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.0 version: 80 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=sata_via latency=32 resources: irq:21 ioport:fc00(size=8) ioport:f800(size=4) ioport:f400(size=8) ioport:f000(size=4) ioport:ec00(size=16) ioport:e800(size=256) *-ide:1 description: IDE interface product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: f.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.1 logical name: scsi0 logical name: scsi1 version: 07 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=pata_via latency=32 resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:e400(size=16) *-disk:0 description: ATA Disk product: ST380215A vendor: Seagate physical id: 0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 3.AA serial: 9RXAWEV9 size: 74GiB (80GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0009aa36 *-volume description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: e40bc4f0-abe0-40c5-9459-7f7a76249837 size: 74GiB capacity: 74GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2010-02-25 15:02:07 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/��8C�� ����1��x]�\�p���p������]�]�e^���p�%��v modified=2010-02-25 15:19:15 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-02-27 23:47:10 state=mounted *-disk:1 description: ATA Disk product: ST3120213A vendor: Seagate physical id: 0.1.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0 logical name: /dev/sdb version: 2AAA serial: 5LS24VQ3 size: 111GiB (120GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000e2393 *-volume:0 description: Linux swap volume physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,1 logical name: /dev/sdb1 version: 1 serial: 7e1ae295-8f14-463c-8fc0-7aa9649a98ee size: 4000MiB capacity: 4000MiB capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096 *-volume:1 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,2 logical name: /dev/sdb2 logical name: /media/sdb2 version: 1.0 serial: fa6ea57d-1a87-4894-bc27-8a255b58a416 size: 107GiB capacity: 107GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2010-02-10 03:15:29 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/media/sdb2��Àr��HwB�[����\�(B�(B�r��������������e^� modified=2010-02-27 23:47:11 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-02-27 23:47:11 state=mounted *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 capabilities: audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: status=open *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 10 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0 version: a0 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:20 ioport:e000(size=32) *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 10.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1 version: a0 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:22 ioport:dc00(size=32) *-usb:2 description: USB Controller product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 10.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.2 version: a0 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:21 ioport:d800(size=32) *-usb:3 description: USB Controller product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 10.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.3 version: a0 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:23 ioport:d400(size=32) *-usb:4 description: USB Controller product: USB 2.0 vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 10.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.4 version: 86 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:21 memory:fdfff000-fdfff0ff *-isa description: ISA bridge product: VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 11 bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa pm cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-network description: Ethernet interface product: VT6102 [Rhine-II] vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 12 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0 logical name: eth0 version: 7c serial: 00:e0:4d:bd:db:9f size: 100MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 duplex=full ip=192.168.2.2 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s resources: irq:23 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:fdffe000-fdffe0ff *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 13.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci ht bus_master cap_list resources: ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:fda00000-fdafffff ioport:fd900000(size=1048576) *-pci:1 description: Host bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 101 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:2 description: Host bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 102 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:3 description: Host bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 103 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:4 description: Host bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 104 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:5 description: Host bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Security Device vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 105 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.6 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:6 description: Host bridge product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 106 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.7 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:7 description: Host bridge product: VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 107 bus info: pci@0000:00:11.7 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=32 *-pci:8 description: Host bridge product: VT8237A Host Bridge vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 108 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-multimedia description: Audio device product: VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:80:01.0 version: 10 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 resources: irq:17 memory:bfffc000-bfffffff 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