nouveau driver issue when trying to boot ubuntu

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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

Try latest 3.6-rc4 kernel, should be fixed there. – Sep 03 '12 at 07:27 — , Sep 03 '12 at 07:27

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 05 '13 at 16:41

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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

edited Jan 05 '13 at 16:41

Steveo

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answered Sep 12 '12 at 02:19

kevin chapman

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 25 '12 at 16:09

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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.

edited Sep 25 '12 at 16:09

RolandiXor

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answered Sep 03 '12 at 07:30

TenPlus1

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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 04 '12 at 00:02
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Please tell the OP exactly how you did this, otherwise this answer is useless. – RolandiXor Sep 25 '12 at 16:09

nouveau driver issue when trying to boot ubuntu

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