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failed boot after lucid -server install

Bug #495096 reported by Scott Moser on 2009-12-10

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Expired	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

I did a server install of 20091209 CD on an Inspiron 531. After install, system is not reachable via network.
The display has a flashing '.' on first console, switching to other consoles displays a '.' in a different location, and hitting return moves the '.'.

WORKAROUND: Adding the command line option 'nomodeset' fixes the problem.

lspci -v shows the following video card:
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 020e
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 1c40 [size=64]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2

ProblemType: Bug
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Thu Dec 10 10:33:45 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a8eb9050-7a92-4163-ab1e-788b06491b5f
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Stick (4GB) / PNY Attache 4GB Stick
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04f3:0103 Elan Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 531
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-7-server 2.6.32-7.10
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=//vmlinuz-2.6.32-7-server root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro nomodeset
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-7.10-server
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.27
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
SourcePackage: linux
Tags: lucid needs-upstream-testing regression-potential
TestedUpstream: No
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-7-server x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 06/15/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.3
dmi.board.name: 0RY206
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: ��
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.3:bd06/15/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron531:pvr00:rvnDellInc.:rn0RY206:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 531
dmi.product.version: 00
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote on 2009-12-10:

AlsaDevices.txt Edit (401 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (42.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt Edit (10.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (10.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (571 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (92.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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WifiSyslog.txt Edit (67.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) on 2009-12-10

tags:

added: iso-testing

Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) on 2009-12-11

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	New → Triaged

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kkady32 (kkady32) wrote on 2010-05-03:

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i have the same problem but for desktop:
now i run 9.10 amd64

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5001
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 0c11
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 0c11
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at b400 [size=64]
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
I/O ports at 1c40 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2

00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 0c11
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at ef007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at ef008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 01)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: ec000000-eeffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 80000000-800fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device a002
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5002
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd

00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device e000
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
Memory at ef004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at b800 [size=8]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
Kernel modules: forcedeth

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)...

i have the same problem but for desktop:
now i run 9.10 amd64

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5001
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 0c11
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 0c11
	Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
	I/O ports at b400 [size=64]
	I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
	I/O ports at 1c40 [size=64]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2

00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 0c11
	Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	Memory at ef007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5004
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
	Memory at ef008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 01)
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
	I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
	Memory behind bridge: ec000000-eeffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 80000000-800fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device a002
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
	Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 5002
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
	[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
	[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
	[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
	[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
	I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pata_amd

00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device e000
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
	Memory at ef004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	I/O ports at b800 [size=8]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
	Kernel modules: forcedeth

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device b002
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
	I/O ports at cc00 [size=16]
	Memory at ef005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sata_nv

00:08.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device b002
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
	I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 0960 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4]
	I/O ports at e000 [size=16]
	Memory at ef006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sata_nv

00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
	Memory behind bridge: e8000000-ebffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
	Flags: fast devsel
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
	Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
	Flags: fast devsel
	Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
	Flags: fast devsel
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: k8temp
	Kernel modules: k8temp

01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc Device 000b
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
	Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: cx8800
	Kernel modules: cx8800

01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
	Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 80000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: 8139too
	Kernel modules: epl, 8139too, 8139cp

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 3495
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at a000 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at eb000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel modules: nvidiafb

kkady32 (kkady32) on 2010-05-03

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Confirmed

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kkady32 (kkady32) wrote on 2010-05-03:

i solved problem,was a video driver problem.

Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) on 2011-05-19

tags:

removed: regression-potential

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote on 2011-10-18:

@Scott

Is this still an issue? I noticed comment #3 which suggests this is resolved?

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2012-10-14:

Scott Moser, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please undo your WORKAROUND and provide the information following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot ?

As well, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the kernel in the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested and remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the text:
needs-upstream-testing

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags:
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

description:	updated
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-12-14:

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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