I can confirm this on 1 of my computers. My EEE 1000H displays the boot graphic fine but my desktop doesn't.
$ lspci -v|grep -i nvidia 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1) Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia-173, nvidiafb, nouveau
I can confirm this on 1 of my computers. My EEE 1000H displays the boot graphic fine but my desktop doesn't.
$ lspci -v|grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia-173, nvidiafb, nouveau