[Bug 446110] [NEW] -12 kernel causes boot to halt at initramfs shell / boot hangs with "waiting for root file system"

[Wesley Schwengle]

Public bug reported:

Booting the new kernel causes to hang at waiting for root file system,
showing me an initramfs shell.

The problem is intermittend. I already changed my fstab to use /dev/sda1
instead of the UUID, which solved the problem. Restored it back to UUID,
no problems for a couple of boots. Then this morning again.

Added rootdelay=10 and booted just fine.

Let me know if you need more information from me.


I don't have this problem with the -10/-11 kernel.

Linux eniac 2.6.31-12-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 7 04:14:43 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
apt-cache policy linux-image-generic linux-image-2.6.31-12-generic
linux-image-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.31.12.23
  Candidate: 2.6.31.12.23
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.31.12.23 0
        550 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
linux-image-2.6.31-12-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.31-12.40
  Candidate: 2.6.31-12.40
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.31-12.40 0
        550 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  wesleys    3255 F.... pulseaudio
                      wesleys    3274 F.... kmix
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   wesleys    3255 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6dfc000 irq 21'
   Mixer name	: 'SigmaTel STAC9205'
   Components	: 'HDA:838476a0,102801f9,00100204 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
   Controls      : 25
   Simple ctrls  : 16
Date: Thu Oct  8 10:05:35 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=016156ee-799e-483d-814a-8c3c8301c240
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D630
Package: linux-image (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=120baf76-e96a-4246-a667-42f6d680f499 ro quiet splash rootdelay=10
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.40-generic
Prtconf: Error: command ['prtconf'] failed with exit code 127: prtconf: error while loading shared libraries: libnc.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.21
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686
UserAsoundrc:
 # ALSA library configuration file
 
 # Include settings that are under the control of asoundconf(1).
 # (To disable these settings, comment out this line.)
 </home/wesleys/.asoundrc.asoundconf>
dmi.bios.date: 07/28/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.name: 0KU184
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA13:bd07/28/2008:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD630:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KU184:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D630
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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-12 kernel causes boot to halt at initramfs shell / boot hangs with "waiting for root file system"  
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