Serious install issue when video card is Nvidia GT 240

[Ed Greshko]

I suspect this is related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754882

I decided to bite the bullet and install F18 on my system as the HD was dying.  My system shows this from lspci...

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 240] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

I was unable to run the install nor find any boot options that would allow me to install.  I tried adding rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau vga=795.  However, when it came to the first screen which should have asked for the install language all my screen showed was snow.

I was lucky in that I saved my old video card with the bad fan and it stayed cool to allow the install.  I relented and installed the nVidia drivers from rpmfusion and put the new card back in since the old one will crash the system.

I really would like to stay with the nouveau drivers....but can't since my card isn't supported even though I did what I thought was due diligence before going out and making the purchase.

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