Just upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 and now the computer freezes a few seconds after I hit enter in the Grub start menu (the caps lock indicator LED on the keyboard does not react to the caps lock button). I have found out two solutions for this: either boot the old 2.6.38 kernel left over from the 11.04 installation (with default boot options) or add acpi=off to the boot options of the 3.0 kernel. I think both of these options are unsatisfactory because with acpi=off I cannot shut down automatically and 2.6.38 won't be supported forever (I will receive no security updates for the 2.6.38 under Oneiric, will I?). So should I file a bug about this (found no similar bugs from tha last month)? Note that under 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04 the computer booted with default options and with no problems. The machine is a Pentium 4 with an Intel mainboard.
When I boot the 3.0 kernel without acpi=off, then it seems to me that no messages are written into the syslog at all. If I boot 3.0 with the recovery option, I see some kernel messages on the screen and then it freezes.
Machine: Desktop computer
Mainboard: Intel D865GBF
BIOS Version: latest available (***.P25)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: linux-generic 3.0.0.12.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: alex 1717 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'ICH5'/'Intel ICH5 with AD1985 at irq 17'
Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1985'
Components : 'AC97a:41445375'
Controls : 50
Simple ctrls : 35
Date: Sat Oct 29 13:27:08 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=9ae9d6ce-ce91-4efc-a8c0-68c3a4271d84
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928)
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic root=UUID=bbc0e312-ca8b-4da6-84f9-198f6378d375 ro splash vga=788 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-11-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-11-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.60
RfKill:
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WifiSyslog:
dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: BF86510A.86A.0077.P25.0508040031
dmi.board.name: D865GBF
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAC25843-409
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrBF86510A.86A.0077.P25.0508040031:bd08/04/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD865GBF:rvrAAC25843-409:cvn:ct2:cvr:
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