[Bug 479597] Re: HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot

[Nick Payne]

yeah, it is a real pain.  Did you try installing the broadcom STA driver?  That seemed to resolve my problems.

> Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 05:24:23 +0000
> From: mtigges at gmail.com
> To: npayne12 at hotmail.com
> Subject: [Bug 479597] Re: HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot
> 
> I've had the same problem ... of course.
> 
> I tried adding blacklisting, but at this point, I can't quite remember
> which combination of ssb, b43 b43-bridge I did, if not all three.
> 
> The one time I managed to make it boot after that the mouse didn't work.
> I'm using NMR from WUBI, so I have no choice but to try to boot the
> thing.  Is there a way to get a terminal up in NMR using only the
> keyboar
> 
> I started trying again, I tried about 20 times, mashing the enter key
> each time - seemed to provide some success other times.  Nothing.
> 
> I'm so at a loss.  Really sucks.  I guess we can't expect an update to
> ubuntu that solves this problem any time soon, can we?
> 
> M
> 
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> HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479597
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> Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> 
> Bug description:
> HP mini 311 came with Windows XP Home, now dual-booting that with Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
> 
> Windows always boots without issue
> Linux always boots reliably into rescue mode, but when booting normally, it sometimes hangs very soon after grub (before the Ubuntu logo appears). When this happens, there is a black screen with a cursor in the top left. Power-cycling and booting into recovery mode, then resetting and booting normally, appears to resolve the issue.
> 
> If you need copies of logs, please let me know - I didn't know which logs would be relevant.
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
>  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
>    Subdevices: 2/2
>    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>    Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  russ       1612 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0x53100000 irq 21'
>    Mixer name	: 'Nvidia MCP7A HDMI'
>    Components	: 'HDA:111d7605,103c3651,00100402 HDA:10de0007,10de0101,00100100'
>    Controls      : 30
>    Simple ctrls  : 17
> Date: Mon Nov  9 22:17:42 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=59e4f76d-25fa-419f-a263-7b4ff87304ee
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> IwConfig:
>  lo        no wireless extensions.
>  
>  eth0      no wireless extensions.
>  
>  pan0      no wireless extensions.
> MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Mini 311-1000
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=d1d7bad9-e914-4c19-ada9-35ca400ffae7 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
>  linux-firmware 1.24
> RfKill:
>  0: hci0: Bluetooth
>  	Soft blocked: no
>  	Hard blocked: no
> SourcePackage: linux
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
> XsessionErrors:
>  (gnome-settings-daemon:1627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
>  (gnome-settings-daemon:1627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
>  (nautilus:1685): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
>  (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1710): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
> dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.bios.version: F.02
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: 3651
> dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
> dmi.board.version: 49.14
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.02:bd08/04/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnCompaqMini311-1000:pvr0395100000001C00000300000:rvnQuanta:rn3651:rvr49.14:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Compaq Mini 311-1000
> dmi.product.version: 0395100000001C00000300000
> dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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