[Bug 925098] Re: [precise] bad interplay between grub menu, X driver and 3.2.0 kernel

[Jamie Strandboge]

Is it possible that performing a warm reboot from one kernel into
another can trigger something like this? Today it seemed more likely
that the issue would hit if I changed kernels.

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Title:
  [precise] bad interplay between grub menu, X driver and 3.2.0 kernel

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On 11.10 and earlier, if I used a default /etc/default/grub file, the
  kernel would boot fine and X would run fine. This was true whether or
  not I accessed the grub2 menu (ie, holding shift after the BIOS screen
  goes away).

  After upgrading to 12.04 today, I found that after accessing the grub2
  menu, while lightdm would come up, after I logged into the desktop X
  was horribly broken with flashing colors and the like. This was my
  only clue in kern.log:

  Feb  1 14:12:58 harry kernel: [   33.626782] [drm:drm_mode_getfb]
  *ERROR* invalid framebuffer id

  If I do not access the grub2 menu, I can login to X and everything is
  fine.

  I verified that booting into the 11.10 kernel on precise works as
  expected: I can login to the desktop whether I access the grub menu or
  not.

  This will be a problem for anyone who is not using the default
  installed kernel (eg testing, booting into a known-good kernel). The
  workaround is to adjust /etc/default/grub and set GRUB_DEFAULT to the
  kernel you want to boot into and run 'update-grub' (so we don't have
  to access the grub2 menu).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: linux-image-3.2.0-12-generic-pae 3.2.0-12.21
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic-pae 3.2.2
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic-pae i686
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  AplayDevices: aplay: device_list:242: no soundcards found...
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  ArecordDevices: arecord: device_list:242: no soundcards found...
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
  CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
  Date: Wed Feb  1 14:26:34 2012
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=cff0bc83-50c8-4d48-9481-d28efd2e9380
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.

   vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.

   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-12-generic-pae root=UUID=c646f9ef-dc15-4a2a-9dc9-649a5a03589a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  PulseSinks: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list-sinks'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  PulseSources: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list-sources'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-12-generic-pae N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-12-generic-pae  N/A
   linux-firmware                                1.68
  RfKill:

  SourcePackage: linux
  StagingDrivers: mei
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-01 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
  dmi.bios.version: CO96510J.86A.4462.2006.0804.2059
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: DQ965GF
  dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
  dmi.board.version: AAD41676-400
  dmi.chassis.type: 2
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrCO96510J.86A.4462.2006.0804.2059:bd08/04/2006:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDQ965GF:rvrAAD41676-400:cvn:ct2:cvr:

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