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intel-microcode package

  1. Bug #1746200
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Comment 7 for bug 1746200

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Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng) wrote : Re: [Bug 1746200] Re: Regression in 2017-07-07 updates

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> Additional hints :
> - There is a big chance that I installed Xubuntu from a USB key created with UnetBootin (I saw it gives problem with Debian)
> - I am using the rEFInd Boot Manager on top of Grub

So I guess it’s a good idea to try a “vanilla” Ubuntu live USB.

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> Title:
> Regression in 2017-07-07 updates
>
> Status in intel-microcode package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> The version "3.20180108.0+really20170707ubuntu17.10.1" of the package "intel-microcode" randomly freezes Ubuntu at boot (at a very early stage, nothing is written on the screen).
> The number of hard reset of the computer required looks random but it works at third boot most of the time.
>
> I was previously affected by the 20180808 regression :
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/intel-microcode/+bug/1742933
> Symptoms are the same.
>
> user@PC:~$ dmesg | grep microcode
> [ 0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
> [ 0.986254] microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x20, revision=0xba
> [ 0.986730] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
> If I uninstall "intel-microcode" everything is fine.
>
> user@PC:~$ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 17.10
> Release: 17.10
> This install is relatively fresh as I did it when I was affected by the 20180808 regression.
> Xubuntu 17.10 installed on a SSD with LUKS encryption
>
> user@PC:~$ uname -a
> Linux PC 4.13.0-32-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 25 09:13:46 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Package Manager = synaptic 0.84.2
>
> Computer :
> Model = Asus N752VX-GC164T
> Bios = v301 (13 oct 2016)
> Processor = Intel Core i7-6700HQ (6th gen Skylake)
> Nvidia graphic card = Grub is configured with "nouveau.modeset=0"
>
> Sorry I can't give more accurate description of the bug.
> I don't see any error message on the screen at boot.
> Is there somewhere a boot log I can provide ?
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