ubuntu 12.04 installation firewire_ohci failed to link power status

[nickleus]

I attempted to install ubuntu 12.04 on an Acer TravelMate 8200, without success. Initially I would just get a black/blank screen after having chosen install language English and attempting to "Install Ubuntu".

Then I added the boot options "nosplash noquiet radeon.modeset=0" and could debug the problem, whereupon I discovered the following error:
"firewire_ohci failed to link power status"

I couldn't find any way to disable loading of firewire (1394), so I was forced to abort installation of 12.04 and had to install 11.10, which went totally fine, without problems, on the same laptop.

WORKAROUND: blacklist=firewire_ohci

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[nickleus (nick-humphrey)]

i figured out that you can workaround this by adding this to the boot options:
blacklist=firewire_ohci

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Hans-Juerg Reinhart (hans-juerg-reinhart)]

Workaround described in bug #981936 worked fine for me for the moment.
I run a Acer TravelMate 8210

[penalvch (penalvch)]

nickleus, 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? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please utilize your WORKAROUND and run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

If reproducible, could you also please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

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kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.13-rc5

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As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]