I have Ubuntu Maverick on an old AthlonXP PC, with an Asus A7V266-E motherboard and a 7600GS video card from Club 3D. I can confirm the nvidia error, the NOPAT and splash workaround.
jolo@AthlonXP:~$ uname -a
Linux AthlonXP 2.6.35-13-generic-pae #18-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 31 03:07:03 UTC 2010 i686
jolo@AthlonXP:~$ lspci -tv
-[0000:00]-+-00.0 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333] +-01.0-[01]----00.0 nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS]
+-0d.0 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
+-0d.1 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
+-0d.2 VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
+-0d.3 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller
+-0e.0 Brooktree Corporation Bt848 Video Capture
+-0f.0 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
+-10.0 Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1
+-10.1 Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port
+-11.0 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
+-11.1 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
+-11.2 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
+-11.3 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
\-11.4 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
I have Ubuntu Maverick on an old AthlonXP PC, with an Asus A7V266-E motherboard and a 7600GS video card from Club 3D. I can confirm the nvidia error, the NOPAT and splash workaround.
jolo@AthlonXP:~$ uname -a 13-generic- pae #18-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 31 03:07:03 UTC 2010 i686
Linux AthlonXP 2.6.35-
jolo@AthlonXP:~$ lspci -tv
+-01. 0-[01]- ---00.0 nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] B/VT82C686/ A/B/VT823x/ A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
-[0000:00]-+-00.0 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
+-0d.0 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
+-0d.1 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
+-0d.2 VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
+-0d.3 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller
+-0e.0 Brooktree Corporation Bt848 Video Capture
+-0f.0 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
+-10.0 Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1
+-10.1 Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port
+-11.0 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
+-11.1 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/
+-11.2 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
+-11.3 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
\-11.4 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller