[Bug 484419] Re: kernel fails to boot without special parameters on Philips Freevents X55 (Twinhead H12Y)

Mikko Rantalainen mikko.rantalainen at peda.net
Wed May 5 19:36:39 UTC 2010 

apport information

** Tags added: apport-collected

** Description changed:

  All Twinhead H12Y based laptops (such as Philips Freevents X55) have a
  BIOS bug where some yet unknown device has memory that should not be
  touched but the memory is not reserved by the BIOS. The problem
  manifests itself as hard freeze after loading memory card reader. Other
  problematic devices on this bios are network adapter and firewire
  adapter.
  
  A workaround that allows installing i386 Ubuntu on this laptop is adding a special kernel parameter:
  reserve=0xffb00000,0x100000
  
  I'm opening this bug as a feature request to automatically detect this
  broken bios and apply the required magic by default.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     2922 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xffe34000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC260'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0260,14ff1235,00100400 HDA:10573055,10573055,00100700'
     Controls      : 16
     Simple ctrls  : 10
  Date: Tue Nov 17 20:17:40 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: DIXONSXP To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- reserve=0xffb00000,0x100000 console-setup/layoutcode=fi
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.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: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: linux
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
  XsessionErrors:
   (gnome-settings-daemon:3143): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (gnome-settings-daemon:3143): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (nautilus:3240): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
   (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3265): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
   (nautilus:4527): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
  dmi.bios.date: 08/29/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 080013
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080013:bd08/29/2006:svnDIXONSXP:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: DIXONSXP
+ --- 
+ AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
+ Architecture: i386
+ AudioDevicesInUse:
+  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
+  /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     2617 F.... pulseaudio
+ CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
+ Card0.Amixer.info:
+  Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xffe34000 irq 16'
+    Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC260'
+    Components	: 'HDA:10ec0260,14ff1235,00100400 HDA:10573055,10573055,00100700'
+    Controls      : 14
+    Simple ctrls  : 9
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
+ LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
+ Lsusb:
+  Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
+  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
+  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
+  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
+  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
+ MachineType: DIXONSXP To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+ Package: linux (not installed)
+ ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash reserve=0xffb00000,0x100000 --  console-setup/layoutcode=fi
+ ProcEnviron:
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
+ Regression: No
+ RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
+ Reproducible: Yes
+ RfKill:
+  0: phy0: Wireless LAN
+  	Soft blocked: no
+  	Hard blocked: no
+ Tags: lucid kconfig needs-upstream-testing
+ Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
+ UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
+ dmi.bios.date: 08/29/2006
+ dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
+ dmi.bios.version: 080013
+ dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+ dmi.board.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
+ dmi.board.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.
+ dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
+ dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+ dmi.chassis.type: 3
+ dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+ dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+ dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080013:bd08/29/2006:svnDIXONSXP:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
+ dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+ dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+ dmi.sys.vendor: DIXONSXP

** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47891123/AlsaDevices.txt

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kernel fails to boot without special parameters on Philips Freevents X55 (Twinhead H12Y)
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