/etc/init.d/acpid hangs and computer does not start

[Josué Alcalde González]

Binary package hint: acpi

Last edgy update has made /etc/init.d/acpid hang and the boot is stoped.

 * Loading ACPI modules...

The output of dmesg | grep acpi is:

josue@centrino:~$ sudo dmesg | grep acpi
Password:
[ 3.648000] Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed.
[ 30.256000] [<e0d10573>] acpi_ec_hc_add+0x122/0x16b [i2c_ec]
[ 30.256000] [<c0228a3d>] acpi_bus_driver_init+0x28/0x4b
[ 30.256000] [<c0229ad8>] acpi_bus_register_driver+0x82/0xb7
[ 30.256000] [<e0c0400a>] acpi_ec_hc_init+0xa/0x11 [i2c_ec]
[ 30.256000] Modules linked in: i2c_ec i2c_core dock button battery container ac asus_acpi backlight ipv6 arc4 ecb blkcipher ieee80211_crypt_wep af_packet nls_utf8 ntfs vfat fat sbp2 parport_pc lp parport joydev snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss pcmcia snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device ipw2200 irda crc_ccitt ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd soundcore snd_page_alloc tifm_7xx1 tifm_core psmouse serio_raw yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core intel_agp agpgart shpchp pci_hotplug tsdev evdev ext3 jbd mbcache usbhid hid sg sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ata_piix ata_generic libata scsi_mod ohci1394 ieee1394 b44 mii generic ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vesafb capability commoncap
[ 30.256000] [<e0d10573>] acpi_ec_hc_add+0x122/0x16b [i2c_ec]
[ 30.256000] [<c0228a3d>] acpi_bus_driver_init+0x28/0x4b
[ 30.256000] [<c0229ad8>] acpi_bus_register_driver+0x82/0xb7
[ 30.256000] [<e0c0400a>] acpi_ec_hc_init+0xa/0x11 [i2c_ec]
[ 30.256000] <3>ibm_acpi: ec object not found
[ 194.924000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found
[ 932.012000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found

I can change to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and start gdm but HAL and cpufreq do not work.

[Josué Alcalde González (josuealcalde)]

Acpi works well with kernel 2.6.20-12, but it fails with 2.6.20-13 so it is a kernel problem.

[Martin Kuehn (mkuehn)]

I can confirm this error on my Acer Travelmate 4001 WLMi laptop.
After upgrading to feisty kernel 2.6.20-14-generic stopped booting while loading the ACPI Module ibm_acpi (see attached file dmesg.log).
With kernel 2.6.17-11-generic ACPI works fine.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this bug to the new "linux" package. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!