PS3: Immediate boot hang with blank screen
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Release Notes for Ubuntu |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | |||
Ubuntu PS3 Port | Status tracked in Jaunty | |||||
Jaunty |
Invalid
|
Critical
|
Unassigned | |||
kboot-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Colin Watson | |||
Intrepid |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Colin Watson | |||
Jaunty |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Colin Watson | |||
usplash (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Dan Munckton | |||
Intrepid |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | |||
Jaunty |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ok. Grrr. Intrepid was working fine only last week! Rant over.
SYMPTOMS
Fresh install from 2008-10-17 ps3 alternate disk for Intrepid.
Scenario 1: After kboot kexec's the target system the screen goes blank. Nothing happens. No disk activity. Nothing. Magic SysRq keys don't do anything.
Scenario 2: Booting without "quiet" and "splash" kernel args. This time kernel seems to boot ok, normal boot messages run by. However just as GDM starts screen goes blank. A couple of times I was able to use Magic SysRq keys to do a controlled reboot from here (not sure I can do that consistently). **UPDATE with the fix for bug #281610 X now starts fine in this scenario.**
Scenario 3: Boot using "single" arg to get into the recovery mode. Go to the root shell, run usplash -v. Blank screen.
LOGS
No obvious errors dmesg, messages, kern.log log file.
Related branches
Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port: | |
assignee: | nobody → munckfish |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-8.10 |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port: | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in usplash: | |
assignee: | nobody → munckfish |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in kboot-installer: | |
assignee: | nobody → kamion |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-8.10 |
status: | New → Triaged |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in kboot-installer (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Using a newer version of ps3-kboot (from Geoff L's distro kit 20080609) doesn't improve the situation.