[Bug 701060] Re: Boot failure

[Steve Langasek]

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 01:25:36AM -0000, peterzay wrote:
> It has been quite some time since I experienced this bug frequently.  I
> can't remember animation details and I have never tried ESC there.

To advance on this bug, we will need to know these details.

> This bug affects my production machine.  I am very pleased, so far, by
> the workaround to comment out "quiet splash" in /etc/default/grub and
> then "sudo update-grub".  The workaround has never failed.

I'm happy that you have a workaround that works for you, but I'd rather we
fix the underlying bug. :)

> Do you have a test machine where you can reproduce this problem?

No, this issue is not reproducible for the vast majority of people.  It may
be specific to your hardware, or specific to some software you have
configured at boot time.  This is what we need to determine.

I see that your machine is listed as a Lenovo ThinkPad SL500, which is a
relatively uncommon model of ThinkPad.  The more you can help us trace
through this on your hardware, the better we'll be able to pin down the bug,
I expect.

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Title:
  Boot failure

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Occasionally, 10.04 won't boot at all or hesitate.  CTRL-ALT-DEL may
  help, but sometimes even that won't work.  I boot once daily.  The
  problem happens 1-2 times per week.  Should I upgrade to 10.10 to
  solve this?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: gnome (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Jan 10 10:13:31 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: meta-gnome2
  --- 
  Architecture: i386
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  MachineType: LENOVO 2746CTO
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic root=UUID=17572f50-ecf1-466d-a20e-0ded10d25e56 ro
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-31.61-generic 2.6.32.32+drm33.14
  Tags: lucid
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-31-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape vboxusers video
  dmi.bios.date: 05/29/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 6AET58WW
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: 2746CTO
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: LENOVO 6AET58WW
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: LENOVO 6AET58WW
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6AET58WW:bd05/29/2009:svnLENOVO:pn2746CTO:pvrThinkPadSL500:rvnLENOVO:rn2746CTO:rvrLENOVO6AET58WW:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLENOVO6AET58WW:
  dmi.product.name: 2746CTO
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad SL500
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO