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

Thu May 6 08:51:34 UTC 2010

Mark,

Yeah, a reinstall is usually the best medicine.  Hopefully that works
well for you.

> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 05:12:23 +0000
> From: mtigges at gmail.com
> To: npayne12 at hotmail.com
> Subject: [Bug 479597] Re: HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot
> 
> I did that too syntax ...
> 
> Anyway ... the machine was working beautifully today.  I even got some
> real work done while watching the hockey game.
> 
> As per Nick's suggestion, I used the GUI network tools to connect to
> wireless, and it was flawless.
> 
> Unfortunately, I booted in to Windows (NT) for my wife briefly ... the
> plan is for her to take this little machine on a trip to Korea and use
> the windows installation (hence the wubi install),  I downloaded a
> simple piece of photo software, and we tried to insert her memory card
> to try it out.  All was well.  I rebooted it again to go in to linux,
> and wouldn't you know it ... somehow windows fried grub.
> 
> After the initial menu, windows or ubuntu, it goes straight to a grub
> prompt instead of the secondary menu.
> 
> So ... #1, how the f*ck does that happen?
> #2 anybody want to spell out the commands for me to boot it again with linux ... and initrd commands? 
> and 
> #3 tell me how to reset grub in the bootsector, or however the hell this works with loop0?  I know lilo, but I've never used grub.
> 
> #4 How the hell did the canucks lose after all that pressure in the
> first?
> 
> All in all, at this point, I don't really care.  My wife is leaving with
> the machine on Sunday ... my plan when she gets back is to rid the
> machine of the redmond infection  and install ubuntu from a usb key.
> So, it doesn't matter if I can recover this install or not.  It would be
> kind of nice to have a windows bootable machine around, just in case,
> but definitely not worth the pain if it's going to hose the boot sector
> like that.
> 
> I'm pretty flippin' impressed with ubuntu all things considered.  I've
> used slack since like 95 or so with a  stack of 3.5" floppies.  I'm not
> used to things being this slick ... when they work ;)
> 
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> HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479597
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> Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> 
> Bug description:
> HP mini 311 came with Windows XP Home, now dual-booting that with Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
> 
> Windows always boots without issue
> Linux always boots reliably into rescue mode, but when booting normally, it sometimes hangs very soon after grub (before the Ubuntu logo appears). When this happens, there is a black screen with a cursor in the top left. Power-cycling and booting into recovery mode, then resetting and booting normally, appears to resolve the issue.
> 
> If you need copies of logs, please let me know - I didn't know which logs would be relevant.
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
>  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], 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:  russ       1612 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0x53100000 irq 21'
>    Mixer name	: 'Nvidia MCP7A HDMI'
>    Components	: 'HDA:111d7605,103c3651,00100402 HDA:10de0007,10de0101,00100100'
>    Controls      : 30
>    Simple ctrls  : 17
> Date: Mon Nov  9 22:17:42 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=59e4f76d-25fa-419f-a263-7b4ff87304ee
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> IwConfig:
>  lo        no wireless extensions.
>  
>  eth0      no wireless extensions.
>  
>  pan0      no wireless extensions.
> MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Mini 311-1000
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=d1d7bad9-e914-4c19-ada9-35ca400ffae7 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
>  linux-firmware 1.24
> RfKill:
>  0: hci0: Bluetooth
>  	Soft blocked: no
>  	Hard blocked: no
> SourcePackage: linux
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
> XsessionErrors:
>  (gnome-settings-daemon:1627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
>  (gnome-settings-daemon:1627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
>  (nautilus:1685): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
>  (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1710): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
> dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.bios.version: F.02
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: 3651
> dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
> dmi.board.version: 49.14
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.02:bd08/04/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnCompaqMini311-1000:pvr0395100000001C00000300000:rvnQuanta:rn3651:rvr49.14:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Compaq Mini 311-1000
> dmi.product.version: 0395100000001C00000300000
> dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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