[Bug 272247] Re: System freezes during boot, unless I hold a key down

[Taylor Jasko]

Thanks so much! I'm installing Ubuntu now. :)


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From: bounces at canonical.com [mailto:bounces at canonical.com] On Behalf Of 67GTA
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 10:12 AM
To: tjasko at roadrunner.com
Subject: [Bug 272247] Re: System freezes during boot, unless I hold a key down

Taylor:  You can see my how to hear to answer all of your questions. It
is a step by step tutorial.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1036051&highlight=dsdt If you
get stuck just email me through the Ubuntu forums.

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System freezes during boot, unless I hold a key down
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Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu Release Notes: Confirmed
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “usplash” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in linux in Ubuntu Intrepid: Triaged
Status in usplash in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
Status in “linux” source package in Mandriva: Invalid

Bug description:
Once the Ubuntu splash screen loads with the progress bar that moves back and forth, it freezes. Holding down any key unfreezes the system, and it continues 
loading normally, until I release the key, at which point it freezes again. Holding a key down again unfreezes the system again.

Pressing Alt+F1 to show the output also freezes, so I know it isn't just
the splash screen freezing, but the entire system.

Once X loads, it works perfectly fine though, and I don't have to keep
holding a key down.

Update : This bug happens with 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 kernels with a computer
that has Nvidia MCP67 motherboard. A known workaround that sometimes
works is to add nolapic to GRUB boot kernel options. acpi=noirq is also
known to work.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Package: usplash 0.5.23
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: usplash
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-3-generic x86_64

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Possible systems affected include:
Nvidia MCP67 Chipset
Compaq Presario F700
Compaq Presario F763NR
Sony Vaio PCG-GRT-815E - from the Mandriva errata
HP Pavilion DV6545eg Notebook - from duplicate
HP Pavilion DV6736nr
HP Pavilion DV6745us - from a duplicate
HP Pavilion DV6620es
HP Pavilion DV9610us
HP Pavilion DV9700z
HP Pavilion DV6915nr
HP Pavilion DV9645ed
HP G6062ea

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System freezes during boot, unless I hold a key down
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