[hardy] Freeze at "Starting up..." prompt with latest kernel only

[Shaun Crampton]

Binary package hint: linux-image

Just ran an update which pulled in a new kernel. When attempting to boot to the new kernel my system freezes at the "Starting up..." prompt. I had to select the previous version from the GRUB menu to boot.

$ apt-cache policy linux-image
linux-image:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.6.24.20.22
  Version table:
     2.6.24.20.22 0
        500 http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com hardy-proposed/main Packages
     2.6.24.19.21 0
        500 http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
     2.6.24.16.18 0
        500 http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com hardy/main Packages

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

Can you remove the quiet and splash options from the grub menu to verify whether the kernel stops at "Checking HLT". If yes, this is a duplicate of bug 251344. I posted information regarding a test kernel there. Thanks

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 251344, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.