[Bug 550382] [NEW] [Regression] System freezes often during booting

[Stefan Krause]

Public bug reported:

My laptop used to boot fine with karmic 32bit. I boot it a few times a day and haven't noticed any problems.
I installed lucid when it was at Alpha 2 and used it daily since then. About a week ago I got random freezes during booting. (Certainly with 2.6.32-17, I'm not sure about 2.6.32-16).

I confirmed that upstream 2.6.33-020633-generic has the same problem.

Please note that I had the same issues for the 64 bit version since
karmic(!), but the 32 bit version worked nicely, so I thought it was a
64 bit issue. Switching to 32 bit was an acceptable workaround, but now
that the 32 bit doesn't boot most of the time I'm close to desperation
(since it means I must switch back to Windows after 7 years...).

The last line printed on the screen is:
[    0.529300] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16

After that the system can only be powered off, rebooting is not
possible.

I'd say that the system freezes with a probability of about 50-75%.


ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-17-generic 2.6.32-17.26
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
TestedUpstream: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  stef       1404 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xec004000 irq 23'
   Mixer name	: 'SigmaTel STAC9271D'
   Components	: 'HDA:83847627,30d4103c,00100201'
   Controls      : 24
   Simple ctrls  : 14
Date: Sun Mar 28 19:34:48 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4a0d35a4-112a-4402-97d4-ebcf2957c552
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100224.1)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic root=UUID=14354146-d8e3-403f-8981-25a46d0a41d2 ro
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.33
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 08/29/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DVD Ver. F.40
dmi.board.name: 30E2
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 87.0B
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU82623PK
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DVDVer.F.40:bd08/29/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pn:pvrF.40:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30E2:rvrKBCVersion87.0B:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.version: F.40
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid regression-potential

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[Regression]  System freezes often during booting
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