Startup/boot freezes after Grub menu

[brunolabs]

Binary package hint: usplash

After the Grub menu selection I get a terminal screen with the following information:

Boot from (hd0, 4) ext4 18ebd363-befe-43fb-...
Starting up...

And this freezes booting for about 1-2 minutes! After that time the Ubuntu loading screen appears and startup proceeds normally.

This never happened in previous Ubuntu versions.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
MachineType: FUJITSU SIEMENS P5SD1-FM2
Package: usplash 0.5.31
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=18ebd363-befe-43fb-8f17-e2ad9e73f99a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic
SourcePackage: usplash
UsplashConf:
 # Usplash configuration file
 # These parameters will only apply after running update-initramfs.

 xres=1280
 yres=1024

[George (y-launchpad-dirtygreek-org)]

I have the same issue.

[Kenrro (kenrro)]

I do have the same problem, and also with the same chipset:

Using Jaunty 9.04
Kernel Linux 2.6.28-12-generic
Chipset: SiS 182/965 (same as brunolabs)

I thouhgt it was my tvtunner at the beginning, but looking at the dmesg I saw it was a problem with the SATA devices:

[ 2.592505] sata_sis 0000:00:05.0: version 1.0
[ 2.592574] sata_sis 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 2.592628] sata_sis 0000:00:05.0: Detected SiS 182/965 chipset
[ 2.592843] scsi0 : sata_sis
[ 2.593025] scsi1 : sata_sis
[ 2.593134] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xfd00 ctl 0xfc00 bmdma 0xf900 irq 17
[ 2.593187] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xfb00 ctl 0xfa00 bmdma 0xf908 irq 17
[ 2.912065] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 2.912122] ata1: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 2.912172] ata1: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
[ 12.912061] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 12.912117] ata1: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 12.912167] ata1: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
[ 22.912060] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 22.912117] ata1: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 22.912166] ata1: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 35 secs
[ 57.592016] ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 57.912060] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 57.912117] ata1: link online but device misclassified, device detection might fail
[ 57.920661] ata1.00: ATA-8: ST31000340AS, SD15, max UDMA/133
[ 57.920711] ata1.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[ 57.936661] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 58.256060] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 58.256116] ata2: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 58.256166] ata2: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
[ 68.256060] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 68.256116] ata2: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 68.256166] ata2: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
[ 78.256060] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 78.256116] ata2: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 78.256166] ata2: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 35 secs
[ 112.936016] ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 113.256060] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 113.256116] ata2: link online but device misclassified, device detection might fail
[ 113.264228] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GH22LS30, 1.01, max UDMA/100
[ 113.280266] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
...

If you need anything else please just ask. this didnt happened with ubuntu 8.10.

Marcos.

[Daniil Kulchenko (daniil-kulchenko)]

Confirmed on both Ubuntu 9.04 (2.6.28-14) and openSUSE 11.1 (2.6.27.7-9). This is a kernel issue.

Was working fine on 8.10, and previous versions.

[Daniil Kulchenko (daniil-kulchenko)]

This is not a usplash issue in any way, but rather a Linux kernel issue.

[Marko Ramius (b-mousseau)]

Same problem with Ubuntu 9.04 / 2.6.31-14-generic.
Motherboard : Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS / Product Name: GA-8S649MF

Works correctly with a Live USB Ubuntu 8.04

[MKL (safe93)]

same here with ubuntu 9.10 kernel 2.6.31-15-server.
motherboard: ASUS P5E
Hard drives: 2*160 SATA RAID, SATA 1To and SATA2 500 Go
All impacted by this feature ...but not all time

[brunolabs (brunolabs)]

Possible fix posted at:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1144924&page=4

[Vertago1 (vertago1)]

I have just started having this issue after I upgraded to a new motherboard and CPU: M4A79XTD EVO with a Phenom II 965. I am running 9.10 kernel.

[Vertago1 (vertago1)]

After troubleshooting I found out my issue was related to there being old fakeraid metadata for an nvidia chipset being picked up by dmraid even after I had created an array on the M4A79XTD EVO. Running "dmraid -rE" removed the metadata but I had to copy the data back on from my backups. This seemed to resolve the startup delay on my configuration.

[onto (peter-retep-gmx)]

still open for Ubuntu karmic koala, Linux version 2.6.31-17-generic

kernel: [ 11.234276] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
kernel: [ 11.234292] ata1: link online but 1 devices misclassified, retrying
kernel: [ 11.234295] ata1: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
kernel: [ 21.254670] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
kernel: [ 21.254685] ata1: link online but 1 devices misclassified, retrying
kernel: [ 21.254688] ata1: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 35 secs
kernel: [ 56.005345] ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
kernel: [ 56.326050] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
kernel: [ 56.326065] ata1: link online but 1 devices misclassified, device detection might fail
kernel: [ 56.334341] ata1.00: ATA-7: SAMSUNG HD103UJ, 1AA01113, max UDMA7
kernel: [ 56.334345] ata1.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
kernel: [ 56.342380] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133