[Bug 479597] Re: HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot

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I have the exact same problem with booting stuck on black screen w/ blinking cursor. The hardware in my case is Acer Aspire One P531h; Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 (UNR). Booting without splash and quiet options revealed the message like:
b43-pci-bridge [...] PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) [...]

This netbook has the Broadcom 4315 wi-fi adapter. Removing all Broadcom-
related packages (such as b43-fwcutter) and backport modules didn't
help, booting always stopped on the mentioned message. I was -sometimes-
able to boot into recovery mode of 31-14 kernel.

Installing the latest 32-series mainline kernel (2.6.32.9 as of today -
see http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ ) as Arrouan
recommends in comment #14 seems to ultimately work for me. The system
boots and Wi-fi connection works out of the box, no need for fwcutter or
proprietary drivers.

So, it seems that the bug is fixed in the 2.6.32 kernel (at least in my
and Arrouan's case), we can only hope there will be no regression in
Lucid Lynx.

Bug #459765 is also related, I will mark it as a duplicate.

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HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot
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