Having issue installing ubuntu with your NVIDIA GeForce GXT260M?

You can't install ubuntu 12.04 on your laptop due to your ndivia graphical card (GTX 260M)?
You get this message Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!

Doing the following solved it for me on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit with 3.0.29 kernel. Hope it helps.

• install alternative version
• restart in recovery mode 
• sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

Don't wast your time with:

• trying the default xorg.conf
• trying the alternative 12.04 or server installation; it will not help
• trying to desable GPU (glx)
• playing with nvidia-xconfig nor nvidia-settings
• rebuilding the driver (http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/304.51/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51.run) -> I kept getting the looping NVIDIA API mismatch....
• additional driver using jocket interface (minimal video configuration)
• When I discover the solution, I challenged Michael Faille and he automatically said the right solution...I should have asked him before....I learned the hard way. 

PS: If you want to enable your second screen (disable by default), do sudo nvidia-setting + active it. (configuration: Disable to TwinView) 

I see that Linus Torvalds think the same as me: "Linus Torvalds Calls NVIDIA The Worst Company Ever"

references and trial documentations:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/50469/nvidia-api-mismatch (thanks to gsbabil)

http://askubuntu.com/questions/17892/failed-to-load-module-nvidia

http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Gaming_Powerhouse/G51J/ 

http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers (failed)
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-installer/

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/15627 (doesn't work)

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ee-failed-to-initialize-the-nvidia-graphics-device-on-startx-with-slackware-13-1-a-828165/ (hum)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-260.19.21-driver.html (download driver)

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/177.13/README/chapter-06-section-02.html

Ubuntu remix & Asus Eee PC 1005PE 10''/250G 14hr review

Ubuntu remix is awesome. I am simply amazed. I have installed it from a usb key on my new ASUS Eee PC 1005PC and everything works perfectly, yes everything...with a small fix for the wireless interruptions:

• Wireless (see link to fix flaky + interruption)
  
• Bluethooth
• Sound
• flash (ex on youtube)
• hibernate
• second monitor short key
• lower intensity screen short key
• ubuntu one (storage)
• video

I don't need to carry my AC plug anymore. The battery doesn't last 14hrs but easily 10 hrs, way enough for an entire day. The Atom450(1.66 GHz 512 cache kb) processor performance are acceptable. If I compare heavy cpu neural network training with numpy, it takes less then 5 times the time compare to my AMD athlon 64 (2.8 Ghz + 512 cache). If I normalize the comparison on cpu frequency, it is on 3 times slower which is acceptable. I don't need windows anymore on my laptop, my life will be much pleasant.