Boot freeze with GeForce 6200

[Mathieu]

I just made 9.04 -> 9.10 upgrade on a machine with a GeForce 6200 and two monitors.

Now it can't boot: Grub load, then displays "Starting Up...", then black screen. No SSH reacheable nor Ctrl+Alt+Del working, I believe the computer is dead.

Removing the GeForce 6200 and pluging one monitor on the on-board ATI VGA adapter do work.

It was working before Karmic.

This bug may be related to #462516..

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
  Candidate: 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:7.4+3ubuntu7 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

I feel like Charlie Brown with Lucy holding the football and yanking it away just before he kicks it. Each and every flavour since Hardy has had a problem with this card until mature.

I have this card in my desktop, and every time I install the 185 NVIDIA driver, it kills the OS, requiring a re-installation.

I know the purpose of Alphas is testing, but I feel a bit masochistic when advised it has been fixed, only to have the football yanked away again.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Try a lucid alpha3 livecd which is out next week, it uses nouveau instead of nv, and might work better.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Mathieu (mathieu-benippon)]

Sorry for the delay.
I tried 10.04 Alpha3 live CD a few weeks ago but it would not boot.
Yesterday I tried with the Beta1 live CD and it did boot and the dual-screen was working well!

So I guess this bug can be closed.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

 status fixreleased

Thanks for testing. Marking as fixed.