[jaunty] Dell Inspiron 1525 sticks on "System will now halt", works with 2.6.29

Same problem on with
jaunty x86_64
kernel: 2.6.28-11-generic
laptop: HP Pavilion dv270el

Same problem here
jaunty x86_64
kernel: 2.6.28-11-generic
laptop: Dell XPS m1330

lspci-vvnn_xps1330.log attached

@Ludovico Cavedon and @Javier Jardón, it appears you have different hardware than the original bug reporter. Even though you may be experiencing the same symptoms reported here it really is likely hardware specific. You should open a separate bug report as it will likely require a different set of patches to resolve issues specific to your hardware. Could you also comment if the upstream 2.6.29 kernel resolves the issue as the original bug reporter commented - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds

@joshual, can you attach your dmidecode:

sudo dmidecode > dmidecode.log

Can you also comment if using the "reboot=b" boot options helps as a workaround? To test using "reboot=b" press 'Escape' key at the 3 second pause by Grub bootloader. Then press 'e' (edit) on the buggy kernel entry, followed by 'e' again on the kernel line. Add "reboot=b" (without quotes) and press 'b' to boot. Thanks in advance.

For reference: I opened bug #353303

Booting with reboot=b does not fix the issue.

As in this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/332772
removing "splash" from grub, and adding "vga=791", fixes the problem on the current Jaunty kernel: 2.6.28-11-generic.

Why is this bug listed as "Incomplete" ?

joshual wrote:
> Why is this bug listed as "Incomplete" ?

I think you should set it back to "new" once you provide all the
information required.

Leann, with recent updates the problem is gone for me

Thank you

Sorry, not all information provided

@joshual, can you attach your dmidecode?

sudo dmidecode > dmidecode.log

dmidecode.log attached in comments bellow.

Same problem
jaunty x86_64
kernel: 2.6.28-11-generic
laptop: Lenovo 3000 Y310

I am using Jaunty on x86_64 Acer Aspire 5630

I used to have a 2.6.28 kernel (custom compiled) on Intrepid, and this problem only showed up with the new 2.6.28-11 that came from Jaunty upgrade.

Might be the same problem as bug #353303

Does it happen only when you are connected to a wireless AP and is solved if you install linux-backports-modules-jaunty?

I use wireles and adding modprobe -r iwl3945 at the end of the /etc/default/halt file solve the probleme.

@joshual, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great (currently 2.6.30-rc8 at the time I've posted this comment). It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. 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 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.
  Thanks in advance.

As the last reports were against 2.6.28-11 (which is quite old) this really should get confirmed with a Karmic kernel at least. I do not think this would qualify as something getting fixed back in Jaunty. If everything works in Karmic, then we should close this one.

@Stefan, as a point of reference, my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop with the same BIOS as reported in commend #11 halts correctly every time I shut down with Karmic. 2.6.31-16-generic, #53.

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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