[Bug 1129511] Re: Unable to boot system unless acpi=off & "quiet splash" deleted from grub

[Steve Langasek]

Looks like this is a kernel issue of some kind. Reassigning.

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Title:
  Unable to boot system unless acpi=off & "quiet splash" deleted from
  grub

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Basic hardware info:

  MSI notebook,
  Model GT70-0NC-008US; tag under the battery shows GT70-0NC-494US
  Win 8 64 bit was pre-installed
  Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor, 2.3 GHz
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
  750GB HDD
  16GB RAM
  No raid

  Am not running as a dual boot install.

  Am running 64 bit version of Ubuntu 12.10.

  As in summary, am unable to boot this system unless acpi=off and
  "quiet splash" is deleted from grub.  This occurs with try it DVD,
  live USB and HDD installation.  Also when installed to HDD.

  I am running this as the only OS, NOT a dual boot.

  I am able to boot, install and run 12.04 Precise 64 bit on this
  system, BIOS in legacy mode for install and running from HDD.

  Following steps in Debugging ACPT - Ubuntu Wiki
  (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI) I have updated to the latest
  BIOS on the box.

  With 12.10 installed to HDD tried booting with all options given in
  the Wiki with these results:

  With acpi=off and "quiet splash" deleted, system boots ok and into
  usable environment.

  Note also that the Synaptics touchpad doesn't work even with Synaptiks
  package installed.  Mouse works fine.  Am not trying to jam multiple
  problems into this report, merely including as a possible symptom that
  might be related.  If not please ignore.

  With acpi=noirq and "quiet splash" deleted system starts to boot and
  stops with the following as last line:

  [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0x9904: Init table command not found: 0xA9

  With pnpacpi=off and "quiet splash" deleted system starts to boot and
  stops with the following as last line, same as above:

  [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0x9904: Init table command not found: 0xA9

  With noapic and "quiet splash" deleted, system starts to boot and
  stops with the following as last line, same as above:

  [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0x9904: Init table command not found: 0xA9

  With nolapic and "quiet splash" deleted, system starts to boot and
  stops with the following as last line, same as above:

  [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0x9904: Init table command not found: 0xA9

  In the troubleshooting steps I was unable to suspend or hibernate the
  system so am unable to supply a /var/log/kern.log.0 file.  I have
  attached a file, msi_acpi_debug_files.tar.gz that has a copy of output
  from:

  uname -a, sudo lspci -vvnn, sudo dmidecode.

  I am unable to include a tarball of /proc/acpi directory as that
  directory doesn't exist - I presume that since I need to boot from the
  live USB with acpi off and/or having to boot without it the directory
  wasn't created.

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