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  1. Bug #546393
  2. Comment #65

Comment 65 for bug 546393

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Νίκος Αλεξανδρής (nikos.alexandris) wrote : Re: MacBook Pro 5,1 / 5,2 / 5,3 / 5,5 fails to boot into 10.04 desktop

( I admit that I have found the wrong place to post this stuff. But I would like to add that "1. Nobody is using kubuntu" is just not true. )

My (mis-)understanding was that 10.04 fails to boot MBP5,1 = fails to boot the kernel. I used the option "nouveau.noaccel=1 blacklist=vga16fb" to boot latest Kubuntu and it worked. I thought it would be useful to let others know so I added this here (+ a lot more due to my excitement about the upcoming release).

Anyway, IIUC, the bottom line is (besides the "blacklist=vga16fb" issue):
"nouveau" provides no _stable_ 3D acceleration in its current state [*] and it wont be ready when Lucid comes out". The solution would be to load "nouveau" with the option "nouveau.noaccel=1" for the machines that wear the respective graphic card(s).

Right?

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[*] "Any 3-D functionality that might exist is still unsupported. Do not ask for instructions to try it." from <http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/>