kernel 2.6.28-15-generic for 9.04 will not allow my IBM T30 to boot.

[Dan]

My thinkpad T30 precipitously would not boot any more. I have been running ubuntu solely since gusty on this laptop. It would stop booting and stall. I thought that my HD was going out so I put in another I have. I had an old 8.04 iso disk, CD version already, so I loaded it and then proceeded to go through the normal updates via the update manager, including new distro updates. Everything worked just as it had before with the other HD perfectly.

After updating to 9.04 the computer was still running fine. The very next round of updates per the update manager ran fine. I restarted the computer as directed. The bios runs fine and the grub loader works okay but then the computer just stops on the boot screen. This is exactly what was happening before. It just stops booting and just sits there. I left it for a1/2 hour once and nothing happened, it was still stuck at the same point in the boot process as the previous HD had done.

So I d-loaded the 9.04 iso on another computer and burned it. I did a complete re-install of 9.04 and again it worked fine until the very next series of updates. The very same problem started occuring again. Up on start up I went into the GRUB loader and booted the kernel 2.6.28-11-generic and the computer booted just fine and the T30 works as it should. The kernel 2.6.28-15-generic was first on the boot list so naturally it was the default kernel to boot to. I would assume that it is this kernel that is the problem.

I looked through the kernel patches and saw none for a thinkpad T30. I also learned that kernel patches are specific to manufacturer as well.

Please look at the problem let me know if I can provide any other information.

Thanks,
Dan

[Shang Wu (shangwu)]

Hi Sergio,

To better understand your hardware information,

1. please run the following command:

apport-collect -p linux 442364

to attach related hardware information to the bug report

2. Are there any more recent kernel between 2.6.28-11-generic and 2.6.28-15-generic that you can test to see if you can reproduce the issue?

3. When the system hang at start up, you can try press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to go into the console to see the detail message and report here. i.e. What is the last line you see on the screen? or If there are any error message.

4. Ubuntu 9.10 beta just release couple days ago, please also download the iso and test to see if you have any problem booting from the live CD (or installed on the HD, if possible)

Thanks,

[Dan (dmedell)]

Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list]
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Dan (dmedell)]

Shang,

1. I did the apport-collect command. That should be attached to the bug
report.
2. There are other kernels I d-loaded them to no avail.
3. alt-ctrl-F1 showed the following:
Boot from (hdo,o) ext 3 62ba81c0-ef18-4185-9f7c-bae8d1b2eba5
Starting up...
[ 2.619252] IO APIC resources could be not be allocated.
Loading, please wait...
19+0 records in
19+0 records out
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by-uuid/4162b237-17fb-4528-9c84-6eb07724def9)
= d
ev(8,5)
kinit: trying to resume from
/dev/disk/by-uuid/4762b237-17fb-4529-9c84-6eb007724d
ef9
kinit: no resuem image, doing normal boot...
[ 81.608010]BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s! [udevd:830]
[ 147.104012]BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s! [udevd:830]

4.I'll have to dload the 9.10 and try to install it.

Thanks,
Dan

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Shang Wu <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Sergio,
>
> To better understand your hardware information,
>
> 1. please run the following command:
>
> apport-collect -p linux 442364
>
> to attach related hardware information to the bug report
>
> 2. Are there any more recent kernel between 2.6.28-11-generic and
> 2.6.28-15-generic that you can test to see if you can reproduce the
> issue?
>
> 3. When the system hang at start up, you can try press Ctrl + Alt + F1
> to go into the console to see the detail message and report here. i.e.
> What is the last line you see on the screen? or If there are any error
> message.
>
> 4. Ubuntu 9.10 beta just release couple days ago, please also download
> the iso and test to see if you have any problem booting from the live CD
> (or installed on the HD, if possible)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> kernel 2.6.28-15-generic for 9.04 will not allow my IBM T30 to boot.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442364
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> My thinkpad T30 precipitously would not boot any more. I have been running
> ubuntu solely since gusty on this laptop. It would stop booting and stall. I
> thought that my HD was going out so I put in another I have. I had an old
> 8.04 iso disk, CD version already, so I loaded it and then proceeded to go
> through the normal updates via the update manager, including new distro
> updates. Everything worked just as it had before with the other HD
> perfectly.
>
> After updating to 9.04 the computer was still running fine. The very next
> round of updates per the update manager ran fine. I restarted the computer
> as directed. The bios runs fine and the grub loader works okay but then the
> computer just stops on the boot screen. This is exactly what was happening
> before. It just stops booting and just sits there. I left it for a1/2 hour
> once and nothing happened, it was still stuck at the same point in the boot
> process as the previous HD had done.
>
> So I d-loaded the 9.04 iso on another computer and burned it. I did a
> complete re-install of 9.04 and again it worked fine until the very next
> series of updates. The very same problem started occuring again. Up on start
> up I went into the GRUB loader and booted the kernel 2.6.28-11-generic and
> the computer bo...

[Dan (dmedell)]

Shang,

I had to boot to 2.6.28-11 generic to do the previous apport-collect.

thanks,
Dan

[Dan (dmedell)]

Shang,

1. I did the apport-collect command. That should be attached to the bug report.
2. There are other kernels I d-loaded them to no avail.
3. alt-ctrl-F1 showed the following:

Boot from (hdo,o) ext 3 62ba81c0-ef18-4185-9f7c-bae8d1b2eba5
Starting up...
[ 2.619252] IO APIC resources could be not be allocated.
Loading, please wait...
19+0 records in
19+0 records out
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by-uuid/4162b237-17fb-4528-9c84-6eb07724def9) = d
ev(8,5)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/disk/by-uuid/4762b237-17fb-4529-9c84-6eb007724d
ef9
kinit: no resuem image, doing normal boot...
[ 81.608010]BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s! [udevd:830]
[ 147.104012]BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s! [udevd:830]

4.I'll have to dload the 9.10 and try to install it.

Thanks,
Dan

[Dan (dmedell)]

sorry I inadvertently sent the previous twice.

Dan

[Shang Wu (shangwu)]

Hi Dan,

Can you try again with the following command:

apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 442364

Also, Can you specify which older kernel that you have tried but doesn't work??

[Dan (dmedell)]

Shang,

The kernel that won't work is the 2.6.28-15-generic. Currently I am booting
to 2.6.28.11-generic. So the next apport will be from that kernel I hope it
will help you out.

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Shang Wu <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> Can you try again with the following command:
>
> apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 442364
>
> Also, Can you specify which older kernel that you have tried but doesn't
> work??
>
> --
> kernel 2.6.28-15-generic for 9.04 will not allow my IBM T30 to boot.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442364
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> My thinkpad T30 precipitously would not boot any more. I have been running
> ubuntu solely since gusty on this laptop. It would stop booting and stall. I
> thought that my HD was going out so I put in another I have. I had an old
> 8.04 iso disk, CD version already, so I loaded it and then proceeded to go
> through the normal updates via the update manager, including new distro
> updates. Everything worked just as it had before with the other HD
> perfectly.
>
> After updating to 9.04 the computer was still running fine. The very next
> round of updates per the update manager ran fine. I restarted the computer
> as directed. The bios runs fine and the grub loader works okay but then the
> computer just stops on the boot screen. This is exactly what was happening
> before. It just stops booting and just sits there. I left it for a1/2 hour
> once and nothing happened, it was still stuck at the same point in the boot
> process as the previous HD had done.
>
> So I d-loaded the 9.04 iso on another computer and burned it. I did a
> complete re-install of 9.04 and again it worked fine until the very next
> series of updates. The very same problem started occuring again. Up on start
> up I went into the GRUB loader and booted the kernel 2.6.28-11-generic and
> the computer booted just fine and the T30 works as it should. The kernel
> 2.6.28-15-generic was first on the boot list so naturally it was the default
> kernel to boot to. I would assume that it is this kernel that is the
> problem.
>
> I looked through the kernel patches and saw none for a thinkpad T30. I also
> learned that kernel patches are specific to manufacturer as well.
>
> Please look at the problem let me know if I can provide any other
> information.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>

[Dan (dmedell)]

dan@dan-laptop:~$ apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 442364
Logging into Launchpad...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/apport-collect", line 131, in <module>
    lp = login()
  File "/usr/bin/apport-collect", line 48, in login
    launchpad = Launchpad(credentials, launchpad_instance, cache_dir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/launchpadlib/launchpad.py", line 60, in __init__
    self._wadl = self._browser.get_wadl_application(self._root_uri)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/launchpadlib/_browser.py", line 230, in get_wadl_application
    url, media_type='application/vd.sun.wadl+xml')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/launchpadlib/_browser.py", line 212, in _request
    raise HTTPError(response, content)
launchpadlib.errors.HTTPError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
dan@dan-laptop:~$

[Dan (dmedell)]

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b4df75f4-6f54-434d-9661-d6ae796c3942
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: IBM 2366BU4
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic 2.6.28-14.47
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=0786dcd3-87f3-41be-b20a-fc9835f8d47c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-14.47-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686
UserGroups:

[Dan (dmedell)]

Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list]
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev scanner tape video

[Dan (dmedell)]

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b4df75f4-6f54-434d-9661-d6ae796c3942
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: IBM 2366BU4
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic 2.6.28-14.47
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=0786dcd3-87f3-41be-b20a-fc9835f8d47c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-14.47-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev scanner tape video

[Dan (dmedell)]

Shang,

On posts 10-14 I put the old HD back in and did the same apport commands as previous. The old HD has the kernel 2.6.28-14.47. I booted to this from the grub menu. Just as I had been able to with the second HD.

As with the Second HD (the one I just took out and put the original back in) the boot stalled with kernel 2.6.28-15 generic, but was successful with kernel 2.6.28-14 generic.

Thanks,
Dan

[Shang Wu (shangwu)]

Hi Dan,

On the kernel 2.6.28-14-generic, please run the following command:

dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.28-15 generic

and paste the output.

I would like to know if you are using the latest jaunty kernel which is - 2.6.28-15.52

If not, please update;upgrade again to the latest and see if the issue persist. If you are using the latest jaunty kernel and still not able to boot properly. Please try to install the following two packages (mainline kernel headers & kernel) to see if you can boot:

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-headers-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-image-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb

Thanks,

[Dan (dmedell)]

Shang,

here is the read out for the following. I will proceed to d-load via the
update manager the current kernel.

dan@laptop:~$ dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.28-15 generic
No packages found matching linux-image-2.6.28-15.
No packages found matching generic.

Thanks,

Dan

[Dan (dmedell)]

I d-loaded kernel 2.6.28-15.52 and the boot stalled again so I will try the
second part of the suggestion.

thanks,

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Dan Medell <email address hidden> wrote:

> Shang,
>
> here is the read out for the following. I will proceed to d-load via the
> update manager the current kernel.
>
> dan@laptop:~$ dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.28-15 generic
> No packages found matching linux-image-2.6.28-15.
> No packages found matching generic.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>

[Dan (dmedell)]

Shang,

The latest kernel did not work. The boot stalled again, so I moved on to
part two of your e-mail.

The first link would not load in the package manager so I went to synaptic
and marked the header and it pulled the proper dependencies. Then I d-loaded
the second link and then restarted the computer.

And it boots fine now without having to load an older kernel from the grub
loader.

Thanks for all of your help. I learned a great deal.

Dan

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Shang Wu <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> On the kernel 2.6.28-14-generic, please run the following command:
>
> dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.28-15 generic
>
> and paste the output.
>
> I would like to know if you are using the latest jaunty kernel which is
> - 2.6.28-15.52
>
> If not, please update;upgrade again to the latest and see if the issue
> persist. If you are using the latest jaunty kernel and still not able to
> boot properly. Please try to install the following two packages
> (mainline kernel headers & kernel) to see if you can boot:
>
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-headers-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-headers-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb>
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-image-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-image-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> kernel 2.6.28-15-generic for 9.04 will not allow my IBM T30 to boot.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442364
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> My thinkpad T30 precipitously would not boot any more. I have been running
> ubuntu solely since gusty on this laptop. It would stop booting and stall. I
> thought that my HD was going out so I put in another I have. I had an old
> 8.04 iso disk, CD version already, so I loaded it and then proceeded to go
> through the normal updates via the update manager, including new distro
> updates. Everything worked just as it had before with the other HD
> perfectly.
>
> After updating to 9.04 the computer was still running fine. The very next
> round of updates per the update manager ran fine. I restarted the computer
> as directed. The bios runs fine and the grub loader works okay but then the
> computer just stops on the boot screen. This is exactly what was happening
> before. It just stops booting and just sits there. I left it for a1/2 hour
> once and nothing happened, it was still stuck at the same point in the boot
> process as the previous HD had done.
>
> So I d-loaded the 9.04 iso on another computer and burned it. I did a
> complete re-install of 9.04 and again it worked fine until the very next
> series of updates. The very same problem started occuring again. Up on start
> up I went into the GRUB loader and booted the kernel 2.6.28-11-generic and
> the computer booted just fine and the T30 works as it should. The kernel
> 2.6.28-15-generic was first on the boot list so...

[Costa Tsaousis (ktsaou)]

Hi,

I have exactly the same problem with 9.10 and IBM Thinkpad A31p.
I can boot 2.6.28-14-generic, but it locks the cpu on 2.6.28-15-generic, 2.6.28-16-generic, 2.6.31-14-generic.

[Dan (dmedell)]

Costa,

Shang helped me fix 2.6.28.15 and then 2.6.28.16 through the update manager presented no problems. However like you when I upgraded to 2.6.31-14 generic the boot failures started up again. cpu soft lock up was the error. So I pulled out that hard drive and threw in number 2 and loaded Linux Mint which is also debian based and uses gnome, synaptic, firefox, and all of the goodies that ubuntu offers plus it loaded all of the needed media codecs, addons, back ports, and drivers with the first update that happened right after I got my internet connection established.

The developers of linux Mint are using a jaunty Kernel but actually are mirroring ubuntu on new releases and updates. I would like to be able to put my old hard drive back in and use ubuntu but I can't until a patch is released. I think that ubuntu developers are so tied up with other problems that this will take a back seat until they get other major problems fixed.

Down load a torrent of linux Mint and enjoy as I am now until ubuntu is fixed for us.

If Shang could offer any help on getting 2.6.31-14 generic working on our machines I would appreciate it immensely.

Dan

[Dan (dmedell)]

I failed to mention that I am able to boot to 2.6.28 in recovery mode, log on at the command line prompt and then use the command startx to run the gnome desktop. The down fall is the mouse pad doesn't work just the small one in the middle of the key board.

Dan

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in the linux kernel.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Dan,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 442364

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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