"pc=nomsi" solved the freezing.

Bug #1095232 reported by rrich1974
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hello.
i have a dell inspirion 1521 and, after dealing with some freezes and some search i add "pci=nomsi" on grub.conf
now, it seems that my computer is back to normal.
here is my uname -a

Linux rich1974-Inspiron-1521 3.2.0-35-generic-pae #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 18:04:39 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

and here is my sudo lspci -v

rich1974@rich1974-Inspiron-1521:~$ sudo lspci -v
[sudo] password for rich1974:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS690 Host Bridge
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
 Kernel modules: ati-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
 Memory behind bridge: fe900000-feafffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000efffffff
 Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
 Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Kernel modules: shpchp

00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0
 Memory behind bridge: fe800000-fe8fffff
 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
 Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
 Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
 Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 Kernel modules: shpchp

00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0d, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
 Memory behind bridge: fe600000-fe7fffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f01fffff
 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
 Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
 Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
 Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 Kernel modules: shpchp

00:12.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
 I/O ports at 6eb0 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 6eb8 [size=4]
 I/O ports at 6ec0 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 6ec8 [size=4]
 I/O ports at 6ee0 [size=16]
 Memory at fec01000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
 Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
 Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 USB (OHCI0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
 Memory at ffb00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 USB (OHCI1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
 Memory at ffb01000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 USB (OHCI2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
 Memory at ffb02000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 USB (OHCI3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
 Memory at ffb03000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 USB (OHCI4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
 Memory at ffb04000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
 Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
 Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0
 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
 I/O ports at 10c0 [size=16]
 Capabilities: [b0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable- Fixed+
 Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
 Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4

00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 IDE (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
 I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
 I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
 Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
 Kernel modules: pata_atiixp

00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
 Memory at febfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
 Memory behind bridge: fe500000-fe5fffff

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
 Flags: fast devsel
 Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
 Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
 Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
 Flags: fast devsel
 Capabilities: [f0] Secure device <?>
 Kernel driver in use: k8temp
 Kernel modules: k8temp

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
 Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 Memory at fe9f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
 I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]
 Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
 Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
 Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
 Kernel driver in use: radeon
 Kernel modules: radeon

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
 Memory at fe5fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
 Kernel driver in use: b44
 Kernel modules: b44

03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23
 Memory at fe5fd800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
 Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
 Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
 Kernel modules: firewire-ohci

03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) (prog-if 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
 Memory at fe5fd400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
 Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
 Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
 Memory at fe5fd600 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
 Kernel driver in use: r592
 Kernel modules: r592

03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01fc
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
 Memory at fe5fd700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
 Kernel driver in use: r852
 Kernel modules: r852

0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
 Memory at fe8fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
 Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
 Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
 Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
 Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
 Kernel modules: ssb

rich1974@rich1974-Inspiron-1521:~$

this is after i added "pci=nomsi" line in grub.conf

thanx for wour time and work and have a happy new year.
wait for wour answer.

best regards
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15.1
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: rich1974 1652 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: rich1974 1652 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfebfc000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9205'
   Components : 'HDA:838476a0,102801fc,00100204 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
   Controls : 21
   Simple ctrls : 12
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ff62f1f4-97a6-445a-ad3c-d59d851126a4
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1521
MarkForUpload: True
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-35-generic-pae root=UUID=3a4fd10f-c8a7-497a-95bc-0c2d3b095904 ro pci=nomsi quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic-pae 3.2.34
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-35-generic-pae N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-35-generic-pae N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.1
Tags: precise running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 11/09/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0KY766
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd11/09/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1521:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KY766:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1521
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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rrich1974 (richardsdma) wrote :

so, i expected that the kernel added that command by default.
i will comment from time to time to report if the freezing still happen.
so far, it is working fine!

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1095232

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

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status: New → Incomplete
tags: added: precise
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rrich1974 (richardsdma) wrote : AcpiTables.txt

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importance: Undecided → Medium
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