Kernerl 2.6.35-XX fails to boot Asus F81 notebook

[Timokl]

After upgrading from Ubuntu 10.4 to 10.10, my machine hung during boot process before boot splash appears. This happens with all kernels from 2.6.35 branch, but I can boot with the 2.6.32 kernel from 10.4.

After some minutes of a blank screen, there is a report of a hardware error, see attachement for original.

Here's the last message I get:

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HARDWARE ERROR
CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 5 Bank 5:b200221024080400
RIP !INEXACT! 10: <ffffffff8101325b> {mwait_idle_with_hints+0x9b/0xf0}
TSC fe40233ea
PROCESSOR 0:1067a TIME 1293700244 SOCKET 0 APIC 0
No human readable MCE decoding support on this CPU type.
Run the message through 'mcelog --ascii' to decode.
CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 5 Bank 0: b200004000000800
RIP !INEXACT! 10: <ffffffff8101325b> {mwait_idle_with_hints+0x9b/0xf0}
TSC fe40233ea
PROCESSOR 0:1067a TIME 1293700244 SOCKET 0 APIC 0
No human readable MCE decoding support on this CPU type.
Run the message through 'mcelog --ascii' to decode.
Some CPUs didn't answer in synchronization
This is not a software problem!
Machine check: Processor context corrupt
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal machine check on current CPU
Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G M 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu
Call Trace:
 <#MC> [<ffffffff81587061>] panic+0x90/0x111
 [<ffffffff8101ee30>] mce_panic+0x210/0x240
 [<ffffffff810206c3>] do_machine_check+0x7c3/0x010
 [<ffffffff8101325b>] ? mwait_idle_with_hints+0x9b/0xf0
 [<ffffffff8158a69c>] machine_check+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff8101325b>] ? mwait_idle_with_hints+0x9b/0xf0
 <<EOE>> [<ffffffff81028e92>] acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter+0x32/0x40
 [<ffffffff81335710>] acpi_idle_do_entry+0x15/0x67
 [<ffffffff81335b8b>] acpi_idle_enter_simple+0xbc/0x11a
 [<ffffffff814722d7>] cpuidle_idle+0xb3/0x110
 [<ffffffff8157031a>] rest_init+0x6a/0x90
 [<ffffffff81aedc9d>] start_kernel+0x387/0x390
 [<ffffffff81aed341>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x12c/0x130
 [<ffffffff81aed43f>] x86_64_start_kernel+0xfa/0x109

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Due to a hard reset, I don't get a result from mce_log --ascii.

The CPU is an Intel T4200, and I have installed 64 Bit version.

uname -a: Linux doppelhirn 2.6.32-26-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 10:14:11 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Timokl (timokl)]

I upgraded to the latest Kernel, but still Ubuntu 10.10 won't boot. The screen goes black and nothing happens.

In Recovery mode, this is the latest:

PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP8383:PS2K,PNP0f03:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq

[ 1.984773] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1.
[ 1.986691] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
L 1.985748] serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
l 1.988883] serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 1.988855] serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 1.986986] serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 1.987867] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 1.987365] rtc_cmos 00:00: RTC can wake from S4
[ 1.987491] rtc_cmos 00:00: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 1.987565] rtc0: alarms up to one year, 114 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[ 1.987771] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 1.987961] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.17.0-ioctl (2010-03-05) initialised: <email address hidden>
[ 1.988144] device-mapper: multipath: verslon 1.1.1 loaded
[ 1.988194] device-nnpper: multlpath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.988614] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 1.988818] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 1.9893151 ICP cubic registered
[ 1.9895671 NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 1.9982181 lo: Disabled Prlvacy Extensions
[ 1.9985881 NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 1.9916831 registered taskstats version 1

[Timokl (timokl)]

Found out that the problem seems to be because Amibios in the notebook ... booting with acpi=off works.

[Idler (idler-pcinhk)]

I've a same problem.
My machine is Asmobile (Asus) Z62HA which are AMI Bios too.
I cannot boot my machine in Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04 and Chromium OS.
So I'm using 10.10 with old 10.04 kernel.

It is very hard to get the error message because always just have a blank screen during boot.
I will try acpi=off later.

[Idler (idler-pcinhk)]

Confirmed acpi=off or pci=nomsi work with newer kernel,
but the cpu scaling, cpu fan speed control not work (i.e. cpu temp near 90'C but the fan won't accelerate)

[Brendan McLearie (bren-internode)]

Be worth trying clocksource=acpi_pm as well. This works on a server class machine I have and if it does on yours you might find you get fan control etc back.

Of interest would be if you try an 11.04 live CD/DVD and see what happens with your machine.

I am suspecting a kernel problem with the 11.04 distro. No matter what I do with acpi kernel options or bios settings I keep getting random kernel panics - trying to assemble some other anecdotal evedience.

[Timokl (timokl)]

@Brendan: Thanks for your suggestion, but it does not work on my machine. So, I still keep pci=nomsi, as Idler suggested.

I'll try a live-cd, but if I remember correctly, it does not boot.

[Timokl (timokl)]

After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 I still face the same problem.