[Bug 1256949] Re: Dell Latitude E5420 doesn't boot if killswitch is turned to "radio off"

[James Hunt]

@meamy - I don't think putting apport/dropbear into the initramfs is a
good idea, no. Please can you boot without 'quiet' and without 'splash'
but add '--debug' and attach a photo of the screen.

What do you mean that you could never reach the login screen with
crtl+alt+f8?:

1) Did the system fail to switch to vt8?
2) Did the system correctly switch to vt8 but not display a login prompt?

If you are comfortable doing so, I would recommend booting again without
'splash' and without 'quiet' and adding 'init=/bin/sh'. Then, once you
have been dropped to a shell:

# /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty8 &
# exec /sbin/init --debug </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1

At that point, upstart will start to boot the system. Again, pleas try
switching to vt8 with ctrl+alt+f8 and see if you can login and run
apport-collec.

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Title:
  Dell Latitude E5420 doesn't boot if killswitch is turned to "radio
  off"

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 12.04.3, Dell E5420.
  Boots fine with killswitch to "radio on".

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