A lot of parts of nouveau are rewritten in various kernel versions. A bunch of stuff happened in 3.5, more in 3.7, more in 3.8. Probably a bunch of stuff before then too.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1075050 Title: [Dell E6530] Precise installer can't boot to desktop without "nomodeset" Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Won't Fix Bug description: cid: 201201-10339 Quantal installer works fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 3440 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3440 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: ubuntu 3440 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7730000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD93BXX' Components : 'HDA:111d76df,10280535,00100203 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000' Controls : 19 Simple ctrls : 10 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf6080000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 14 HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de0014,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 4 CasperVersion: 1.315 Date: Mon Nov 5 06:37:08 2012 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6530 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- nomodeset RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-29-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-29-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/19/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A06 dmi.board.name: 07Y85M dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: X03 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd09/19/2012:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6530:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn07Y85M:rvrX03:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6530 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1075050/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
