Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package

  1. Bug #713864
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 713864

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Try booting with the vesafb.anything=1 kernel parameter.

This wiki page has details about how to add a kernel boot parameter for
testing:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters

Also, try removing 'splash quiet' from the kernel options and see if that matters. That should bypass plymouth which sometimes can leave the GPU in an inconsistent state.