It's true nouveau is historically less reliable than intel and radeon. However I believe our black-screen-with-mouse-pointer issues are independent of the driver in use. Not nouveau's fault.
** Also affects: mir Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: mir (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mir in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535151 Title: black screen with mouse pointer after changing to unity 8 on nVidia GT525M (ubuntu 15.10) Status in Mir: New Status in mir package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I installed unity8 mir with terminal and after all I can see is black screen with a mouse pointer. Graphic card I using is nVidia GT 525M with the latest drivers. I'm using Ubuntu 15.10. I hope that this will be fixed soon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1535151/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp