Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

[Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debian.org>]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Dick Thomas wrote:
> Hello, Mike
>
> Sadly that didn't work still stopped displaying stuff at "populating /dev/"
> but I can hear it loading in the background (sound card popping etc)
> adding "nomodeset" does work but then I don't know if it still using nouveau
> or not as gnome 3 failsafe loads

Try some of the troubleshooting steps?
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting

Also, supposedly fixed in kernel 3.4, and I saw a note somewhere
mentioning the commits needed, so if you're really adventurous, you
could try to identify those and request the kernel team apply them to
support your hardware.

Best wishes,
Mike