[Bug 38219] Re: Gnome freezes after log in

[Derry Geuther]

My apologies for not responding before. Being new to Linux, I am kinda
afraid I might be just saying something stupid and wasting your time.

Anyway, I found out the problem is related to my MSI-K8TM mobo (Via-
based chipset). As I understand there will be a Quirk-MSI-K8T
kernelpatch for Dapper to solve the problem.

However, I still wonder: if it is a mere sound problem, how come the
problem only occurs when trying to run #init 2 (the default Ubuntu-
runlevel)? Whereas running runlevels 3-5 (which all use the same
initscripts, but other than runlevel_2's) give no (sound)problem.
Comparing /etc/rc*.d, I notice rc2.d contains powernowd.early and stop-
readahead scripts, while the other rc's lack them.

And as I wrote before, #init 2 makes my machine totally irresponsive
after login while the sound hangs (no keys-combinations work), so i have
to push the reboot-button. The same actually happened when I tried to
install Ubuntu with the Live-CD. With Knoppix on the other hand I've
never had any problem to start. Is it correct that powernowd.early is a
specifical Ubuntu initscript? I'm only wildguessing here, but could my
machine have issue with powernowd.early?

At the moment I'm trying Edgy Eft Knot3_amd64 on an other partition. I've no problem starting runlevel 2. Is it due to the Quirk-MSI kernelpatch? Or is it something else that fixes the problem (e.g. Upstart...)? I don't know.
The following is what I get from #dmesg
...snip
[   18.799654] PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
[   18.801904] PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:0f.1
[   18.802176] PCI: Quirk-MSI-K8T Soundcard On
[   18.802178] PCI: Unexpected Value in PCI-Register: no Change!
snip...

I do have problem though with Edgy ;-). It wont reboot or halt my
machine!! But that's ofcourse a different bug.

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Gnome freezes after log in
https://launchpad.net/bugs/38219