[hardy] Notebook Sony Vaio VGN-C2ZR / B can not boot with "quiet" kernel option

[Artyom Loenko]

hi.

strange problem (:
if I have "quiet" option in kernel option at grub (menu.lst) (something like "kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-5-generic root=UUID=791f8745-ec66-4b2c-8a2a-efac70593178 ro quiet splash") the system boot failed with those messages:

ACPI: EC: acpi_ec_wait timeout, status = 0, expect_event = 1
ACPI: EC: read_timeout, command = 128

I have this error at installed Ubuntu Hardy (with last updates) and I have this error at Ubuntu Hardy (Alpha 2) LiveCD image boot.
if remove "quiet" option - all works fine, and installed system and LiveCD.

some facts about my system: Notebook Sony Vaio VGN-C2ZR / B.

dive@dive-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7400] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
0a:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
0a:03.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
0a:03.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)

and I attached /var/log/messages file.

[Artyom Loenko (divenvrsk)]

system log file

[Artyom Loenko (divenvrsk)]

after today updates and upgrade of kernel to:

dive@dive-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux dive-laptop 2.6.24-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 7 01:29:58 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

system boot only without "quiet" and "splash" kernel option, or with "acpi=off".

[Alessio Igor Bogani (abogani)]

Hi Dive,

Are you already checked if exist a BIOS upgrade for your laptop?

Thank you!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Also care to test with the latest 2.6.24-11 kernel? Thanks.

[fred lonauer (sumperer)]

I have the same problem with kernel 2.6.24-16 on my Sony VGN-C2S. I removed the "quiet" option and it boots. Thank you for your hint!
Another "small" bug:
The green WLAN-light beside the bluetooth does not work, but wlan itself works fine. I can live with that, but with gutsy or with the kernel 2.6.22-14 I had no such troubles.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

This looks like a duplicate now of bug 191137 which has a bit more information. I'm marking is a such. Thanks.