[Discuss] The T61p meets Kubuntu

[Steven Kurylo]

>     The final RC for Gutsy introduced a bug which caused the nVidia
> driver to be broken for some of their latest cards. Various creative
> ways to get around this issue are blogged about, but their effectiveness
> is variable. I tried about six different methods to get it onto the
> system, each ending with a brick. So far, the Ubuntu folks aren't
> talking much.

So why don't you try an older version of Ubuntu?  Or an earlier RC?

> The solution is actually pretty simple. Modify your
> xorg.conf file to use vesa, not whatever flavour of nVidia driver it
> currently points to. The trick seems to be doing this while typing into
> a brick.

Or boot into single user mode and fix your xorg file.

-- 
Steven Kurylo