Stoopid Nvidia (Toshiba Qosmio 505 Linux Install)

Everyone always hails Nvidia as being so great. I've always had issue with their chipsets and it seems today is no different.

Went to install Ubuntu (Yeah, I know) on my Qosmio 505 and I get scrambled video on the Live CD of 10.10.

nomodeset did the trick.

This also happened with the OpenSuSE 11.3 live CD and CentOS 5.5 Live CD. Meh. Fedora was no issue. Go figure that.

In case you need it, here's what you should do:

1. boot computer with livecd
2. when you see it get to the actual booting hit f6
3. select language
4. hit f6 again
5. select nomodeset
6. hit esc
7. install Ubuntu as usual and reboot
8. when you get to the grub boot menu make sure to hit e so you can edit the kernel commands
9. add nomodeset to the kernel args again
10. cntrl X to boot
11. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
12. reboot
13. Repeat 8-10 again
14. start the restricted drivers program
15. install the restricted driver for the 360m
16. reboot

New project (Hummer HMMWV H1 project)

So I discovered a little company that makes H1 kits called the Urban Gorilla. A kit-car of sorts, for trucks, transforming them into HMMWV (Hummer) look-a-likes. How kewl is that?

Check them out: http://www.4x4bodies.com/

I've just acquired the donor vehicle. A 1986 Chevy Silverado. Good times ahead! It's already lifted a bit and in great condition. See pic.



I am planning on starting this project early spring 2010. Hoping around late March or Early April. My goal is a close-to-military spec in appearance.

This blog is specifically for this project, so stay tuned.