So i have been tinkering with this macbook, and Everything works right up to the point i give it the Nvidia base driver (replacing Nouveau) at this point the instant X comes up the whole thing just stops rendering video.

Kind of frustrating

So far this round this is the only hope i have found: http://askubuntu.com/questions/264247/proprietary-nvidia-drivers-with-efi-on-mac-to-prevent-overheating

Does anyone have something more graceful?

A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen