Kernel 3.8.0-19 does not boot

[GonzO]

Kernel oops in logs, black screen, lightdm never loads. Keyboard non-responsive after a minute or two (caps lock fails to toggle light). Power button DOES attempt to shut the computer down, but never actually does -- one must press and hold. Problem affects a Thinkpad W510 and a home-built desktop computer, both of which have nVidia cards and are using the nVidia drivers (and have worked mostly without issue for years).

3.8.0-17 is the last raring kernel that booted for me. I think this is a pretty critical problem. The 3.9 release candidates also boot and are actually very stable.

Attaching dmesg.0 and kern.log, there is clearly an oops and bug in there related to the snd_htmi_intel module.

[GonzO (gonzo)]

I'm really worried about this. I can't get a single computer to boot with the combination of the latest kernel + raring-provided nvidia 310 packages. I hope this gets the priority it deserves.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1172333

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.