Can't boot unless acpi=off

[Pas]

Hello,

First of all, I'm not completely confident in this timeline (I'm not sure when and what has been upgraded and when those took effect), but before upgrade everything was fine and dandy on:

Jul 11 13:55:06 strange kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.13.0-32-generic (buildd@toyol) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ) #56-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 7 11:32:12 U
TC 2014 (Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.56-generic 3.13.11.4)

Now:

Linux strange 3.16.0-6-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 28 01:59:56 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

And now without acpi=off but without quiet and splash booting freezes here:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-X5hWphpzYAM/U-Fk5rqO6LI/AAAAAAAAHus/KtKRXU8rQ-4/w2879-h2160-no/IMG_20140806_011227.jpg

I can upload kern.logs from July and of course can provide current ones. Interestingly using pci=nocrs makes no difference, I have to disable ACPI otherwise no computing that day!

Thanks for taking a look at this.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: linux-image-3.16.0-6-generic 3.16.0-6.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-6.11-generic 3.16.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-6-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.5-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: pas 3322 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: pas 3322 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Aug 8 10:23:29 2014
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a618713c-dd49-4711-8f2b-c404ef282288
IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.

 virbr0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-6-generic root=UUID=fba348ec-fc7c-4c7f-b78b-026be76c4568 ro quiet splash acpi=off
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.16.0-6-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.16.0-6-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.132
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-08-05 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/22/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F17
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: Z77X-UD3H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF17:bd08/22/2012:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ77X-UD3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

Pas, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4153#bios an update to your BIOS is available (F18). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Once the BIOS is updated, then please mark this report Status Confirmed.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Pas (pasthelod)]

Hello,

It seems that the BIOS update helped very much!

pas@strange:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-6-generic root=UUID=fba348ec-fc7c-4c7f-b78b-026be76c4568 ro quiet splash

Thank you again for the time taken.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Pas, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1354525/comments/4 regarding this being fixed with a BIOS update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.