[Bug 610200] Re: kernels after 2.6.32-17 have random failures in booting

[brian mullan]

apport information

** Tags added: apport-collected

** Description changed:

  In Lucid (10.04)...
  
  I've had a problem on my AMD based machine, 4core, Gigabyte ga-ma78gm-
  s2h Motherboard, 8GB mem, two 2 SATA terabyte HDs.
  
  One thing I've found is that ANY kernel *AFTER*   2.6.32-17
  has this randomness at boot time whether the system will completely boot or not.
  
  Today I downloaded and installed 2.6.32-24
  
  It fails to boot (I've tried cold boot, warm boot).
  ** Running repair also fails to completely boot and I'm unable to even get to a command prompt.
  
  My experience is that if I keep trying it "may" eventually boot but
  I believe there was some change AFTER  2.6.32-17
  that's causing the problem (plymouth?)
  
  2.6.32.23... also fails to complete bootup many times but eventually will... 
  eventually my guess is that 2.6.32.24 will also boot "sometimes".
  
- But why does 2.6.32.17 -ALWAYS- boot for me?   I guess that's the clue
- I'm sending.
+ But why does 2.6.32.17 -ALWAYS- boot for me?   I guess that's the clue I'm sending.
+ --- 
+ AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
+ Architecture: amd64
+ AudioDevicesInUse:
+  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
+  /dev/snd/controlC0:  bmullan    1473 F.... pulseaudio
+  /dev/snd/controlC1:  bmullan    1473 F.... pulseaudio
+ CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
+ Card0.Amixer.info:
+  Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
+    Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC889A'
+    Components	: 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a002,00100101'
+    Controls      : 40
+    Simple ctrls  : 22
+ Card1.Amixer.info:
+  Card hw:1 'U0x41e0x4058'/'Creative Labs USB Device 0x41e:0x4058 at usb-0000:00:12.2-3.2, high speed'
+    Mixer name	: 'USB Mixer'
+    Components	: 'USB041e:4058'
+    Controls      : 3
+    Simple ctrls  : 2
+ Card2.Amixer.info:
+  Card hw:2 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdefc000 irq 19'
+    Mixer name	: 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
+    Components	: 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
+    Controls      : 4
+    Simple ctrls  : 1
+ Card2.Amixer.values:
+  Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
+    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
+    Playback channels: Mono
+    Mono: Playback [on]
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
+ Frequency: Once every few days.
+ HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=89d30e2f-8b6f-4f0c-87bf-f73f4a0fb00b
+ InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
+ IwConfig:
+  lo        no wireless extensions.
+  
+  eth0      no wireless extensions.
+ MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78GM-S2H
+ NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
+ Package: linux (not installed)
+ ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=fcd975bd-3c1b-48c2-8c26-4bd63bfeb8f0 ro quiet splash
+ ProcEnviron:
+  LANG=en_US.utf8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
+ Regression: No
+ RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
+ Reproducible: No
+ RfKill:
+  0: hci0: Bluetooth
+  	Soft blocked: no
+  	Hard blocked: no
+ Tags: lucid  needs-upstream-testing
+ Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
+ UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare
+ dmi.bios.date: 02/10/2009
+ dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
+ dmi.bios.version: F8a
+ dmi.board.name: GA-MA78GM-S2H
+ dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
+ dmi.board.version: x.x
+ dmi.chassis.type: 3
+ dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
+ dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8a:bd02/10/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA78GM-S2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA78GM-S2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
+ dmi.product.name: GA-MA78GM-S2H
+ dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52585613/AlsaDevices.txt

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kernels after 2.6.32-17 have random failures in booting
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/610200
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