[Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H (rev. 1.x)] Linux-image 3.11.0-17-generic can't boot

[Anders Bruun Olsen]

After upgrading the kernel to 3.11.0-17-generic, my machine won't boot. It just shows a dark purple screen. No boot splash appears. If I boot the recovery kernel it ends up repeating this message over and over again:
nfsmount: need a path

If I choose to boot 3.11.0-15-generic instead, the machine is booted up within 10 seconds and works fine.

I am unable to switch to other consoles when trying to boot 3.11.0-17, so I can't find any error messages, but from messages given by the recovery kernel, it is probably doing the same thing (trying for a network root instead of the harddrive) over and over again. It would seem that it can't figure out how to talk to the harddrive?
I am doing EFI boot on a Samsung 840 SSD and the root partition is a standard ext4 created automatically by Ubuntu 12.04 install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.11.0-17-generic 3.11.0-17.31~precise1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25~precise1-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.11.0-15-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: abo 2669 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: abo 2669 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'MID'/'HDA Intel MID at 0xf0534000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'Intel Haswell HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:80862807,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 21
   Simple ctrls : 3
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf0530000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC898'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0899,1458a002,00100003'
   Controls : 63
   Simple ctrls : 25
Date: Mon Mar 3 11:48:33 2014
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=39a7c2bd-c88b-44ef-99a0-3f746d0c0ef9
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.

 virbr0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z87X-UD3H
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic root=UUID=3ce6e4d3-de1c-49f9-8aa5-79275ce647ab ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.10
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux-lts-saucy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/03/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F7
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: Z87X-UD3H-CF
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF7:bd08/03/2013:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnZ87X-UD3H:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ87X-UD3H-CF:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: Z87X-UD3H
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Anders Bruun Olsen (abo-dsl.dk)]

Updating to 3.11.0-18-generic did not fix the problem. 3.11.0-15-generic still boots fine. This problem probably lies some place else. Can anybody help debug?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[k-noon (k-noon)]

Same problem here, 3.11.0-17-generic, 3.11.0-18-generic doesn't work for me, only the 3.11.0-15-generic

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Anders Bruun Olsen, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4481#bios an update to your BIOS is available (F9). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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