Not getting to the logon screen; systems halts on ubuntu logo sometimes

[Sebastian Klus]

When starting my laptop (HP Pavilion dv6000) with dualboot, everything goes fine until the Ubuntu screen shows up (the Ubuntu text with the dots below, that change from white to red). Then (let's say in 7 from 10 cases) the screen simply stays this way - the logon screen is not coming up. I touch the power switch and my laptop shuts down as if turning it off. Then, the second boot, everything works fine. It takes a little longer and the screen flickers one or two times during startup, but first the Ubuntu logo comes up and shortly afterwards, the logon screen and from this moment on everything works normal.

Maybe just to clarify: I always do a complete shutdown when ending my work. No standby or suspend.

This phenomenon occured recently. I am running Ubuntu 10.04 since it was published and everything was fine until a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately I am not exactly sure when it happened, but my impression is that it takes place since the last kernel update.

uname -a says I am running Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP; and it's 64bit

Please let me know what files to upload, in case you need anything that might help.

Regards,
Sebastian

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic 2.6.32-22.36
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 Cannot stat file /proc/1557/fd/68: No such file or directory
                      USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sebastian 1578 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xb0000000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20549 (Venice)'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15045,103c30b7,00100100'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 8
Date: Sun Jun 13 16:44:45 2010
Frequency: Once every few days.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=949c0277-2309-405f-9d24-7c48d2d3c07d
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6000 (RV018UA#ABA)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=7a5256fa-2b3c-45fb-b104-2c064722ea8d ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
WifiSyslog:

dmi.bios.date: 12/27/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.3E
dmi.board.name: 30B7
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 65.2B
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.3E:bd12/27/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6000(RV018UA#ABA):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30B7:rvr65.2B:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6000 (RV018UA#ABA)
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Sebastian,

If you could also please 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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[Sebastian Klus (klus-spam)]

Hello Jeremy,

sorry for my ignorance, but reading
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds
it seems like I shall install the current Mainline Kernel for testing,
correct?
That's fine. But with "testing" you refer to "just try it" or you want
me to put special attention to anything special or even run a specific test?

Sorry - you as you notice, you definitively do not have an Ubuntu geek
on the other side ;-)

Regards,
Sebastian

[Sebastian Klus (klus-spam)]

It's been like a week now that this problem has not occured any more.
I suppose some update fixed it.

Thanks anyway.
Sebastian