HP EliteBook 2540p fails to boot after upgrade to linux 3.0.0-15

[Krzysztof Kosinski]

After upgrading to kernel 3.0.0-15, HP EliteBook 2540p comes up with a blank screen. I appears to be a problem with the graphics or ACPI, because entering the password blindly at the blank screen results in disk activity which matches that during normal login. Kernel 3.0.0-14 boots without any problems.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: linux-image-3.0.0-14-generic 3.0.0-14.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tweenk 1727 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd4720000 irq 47'
   Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7603,103c7008,00100202 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 10
Date: Tue Dec 20 02:40:40 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c809de58-0414-4f14-a6b5-4a0886b05ca7
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 2540p
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   product info: "RICOH", "Bay8Controller", "", ""
   manfid: 0x0000, 0x0000
   function: 254 (unknown)
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   3.3V 16-bit PC Card
   Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia"
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=53309d2a-6977-461e-a6de-02aafe133c14 ro quiet splash pcie_aspm=force vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.60
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: mei
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (67 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68CSU Ver. F.09
dmi.board.name: 7008
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 38.32
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC1133C9G
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CSUVer.F.09:bd03/09/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook2540p:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn7008:rvrKBCVersion38.32:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 2540p
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Krzysztof Kosinski (tweenk)]

I can boot 3.0.0-15 if I choose recovery mode from the GRUB menu, then pick the options to boot normally. I am guessing that this is somehow related to the additional graphics mode changes.

In case this is relevant, this notebook has an SSD (race condition?)

[Krzysztof Kosinski (tweenk)]

When booting into 3.0.0-15 via recovery mode (picked "resume normal boot" in the first dialog), I also get the error from Bug #651104 and Unity comes up in unaccelerated 2D mode. Again, this can be fixed by going back to 3.0.0-14.

[Krzysztof Kosinski (tweenk)]

I can suspend and resume at the blank screen I get after normal boot, but the screen remains blank with no cursor after resume.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

@Krzysztof

And if you boot back into 3.0.0-14 there is no issue?

This could be a duplicate or related to bug 904569

[Krzysztof Kosinski (tweenk)]

Yes, when booting back into 3.0.0-14 there are no issues.

[Julian Wiedmann (jwiedmann)]

Krzysztof,
could you please test the latest kernel in oneiric-updates (3.0.0-15.25)?

[marcstraemke (marcstraemke)]

I am experiencing the same issue here on an Dell Latitude E6510.
 The last kernel in oneiric-updates does not work either.

[Anders Johansson (andersjohanssonfysik)]

I have the same problem on my EliteBook 2540p (with an ordinary hard drive).

[Anders Johansson (andersjohanssonfysik)]

The 3.0.0-15.25 kernel is the one causing the trouble for me.

[Sean Hewitt (sean-hewitt)]

Using the 3.0.0-14.23 kernel, the HP Elitebook 2540p boots normally without a problem, but when booting with the 3.0.0-15.25 kernel, the screen also goes blank for me. I thought at first the problem may be that it thinks a second monitor as the main one so I plugged a second monitor in. The second monitor actually show the login screen but as soon as you log in, the screen on that monitor also went blank.

[Termo (termopeten)]

I to have this problem also on the HP elitebook 2540p... Now going back to 3.0.0-14 (chosing, safe mode -> resume normal boot also works for me, but I rather have a system that just boots)

[Mario (diraimondo)]

I have the same problem with my Sony Vaio Z13. It works great with last kernel 3.0.0-14 but boot with a "black screen" since the first kernel 3.0.0-15.
My laptop got dual graphics card (Intel/nvidia) but I always use the intel one.

[Fernando (landoooo)]

Same problem here on a Dell Latitude E6510 after 3.0.0-14 -> 3.0.0-15 upgrade. Laptop screen is not working anymore, but external screen is still working.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

I'd like to perform a kernel bisect to identify the commit that caused this issue. I'll build a test kernel and post a link to it shortly.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

This actually appears to be a duplicate of bug 919350. I am currently bisecting and building test kernels for that bug. It would be great if folks commenting on this bug could test the kernels I post to that bug.

I'll mark this bug as a duplicate of 919350 for now. We can un-dup it if we find the solution to bug 919350 doesn't resolve this bug as well.

[Christophe Van Reusel (christophevr)]

Here never hadd a problem with 11.10. Since update to kernel 3.0.0-15 No boot anymore even not in recovery mode .
Udev time out. Usung sdd drives.

Totally unable to boot anything into ubuntu anymore. Other os ok. kernel 3.0.0-14 is not present into boot menu. anymore.(grub2)

I think the upgrade does something wring with initramfs does have nothing to do with graphics.

PLEASE REMOVE KERNEL 3.0.0-15 update !!!!!!!

I'm now trying to recover trough live cd and update manually the boot.cfg

[Christophe Van Reusel (christophevr)]

Hello, Sorry Sorry,

I do have a stuck HD (2 TB from WD). It just happened by coincidence just after upgrade.

That's why I did not boot any more. By removing the specific HD it's ok.

My prob did not had to do with any other here, it's hardware related