i tried Fedora 12 and the last thing i see is the nouveau messages and then the screen goes black. the laptop continues to boot, i just can't see what it's doing. if i hit ctrl-alt-delete it'll reboot and the wifi light comes on so i think it's all ok apart from the screen. (12 beta was fine as it didn't use nouveau but i did one upgrade too many. have tried the F12 live cd and it's the same)

have tried nouveau.modeset=1 whilst booting (a list of other options would be nice, but i couldn't find one). have tried disabling the module. i've deleted all the nouveau drivers from the root partition in an attempt to force it to use something else but i guess it's using the versions in the initrd file(?). have tried booting single user. nothing.

other people have raised this as a bug but all the developers do is ask them to post further details. but they can't because they can't see what it's doing. is kinda frustrating.

(this with a newish 130M btw)

Westminster tube station is itself worth a visit if you like modern buildings.

and the big reveal as you exit opposite the houses of parliament is quite something.

(Newton's grave is in the abbey if the parent isn't clear)

my X has stopped working since they started using nouveau. doesn't seem to understand my newish card (NVidia G130M) with an odd resolution (1366x768). i haven't debugged it much more than that, just switched back to using ubuntu on the other partition (which is missing ethernet and wireless support but at least i can see something)

(nouveau page says that NV50 is supported so i should be ok. will try again.)

the issue of Wired (american edition (17.10?) bought in the uk, the one that's already available via the web) that i picked up yesterday claimed in the editor's preamble to do the same thing.

personally i spend the first 5 minutes of reading any issue of wired ripping the adverts out. ads for cigarettes that they always print on stiffer card and which makes it impossible to leave the mag open on your desk are the first to go...

the checkout box at www.globalscaletechnologies.com lets you get an estimate for shipping. this is what it gave me (posting to London):

SheevaPlug Dev Kit (UK) £62.17

Shipping And Tax Estimate
Shipping: (FedEx International Priority) £29.43 (GBP)
Tax: £0.00 (GBP)
Total: £91.60 (GBP)

but i'm not sure i believe the Tax at 0.00 - i thought anything over £18 or so attracted taxes AND handling fees, some of them very steep.

Griffith Observatory in LA has one.

http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/brotunda.html

that's probably a bit too long a drive though.