Also, blacklisting these modules did not prevent them from loading for some
reason

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 2:54 PM, PJ P <email address hidden> wrote:

> 3D Drivers do not work in recovery mode ;)
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> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Corentin Chary <email address hidden>wrote:
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>> > When booting through the recovery mode, I not only can't change the
>> brightness, but it seem there is also a problem running 3D games. So, in
>> this case, Unity runs only through the llvmpipe and some games are not
>> playable at all:
>> > using GL_RENDERER "Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x301)"
>>
>> I don't think recovery mode is supposed to to anything more than
>> recovery. It you want to boot a stable system for now, just blacklist
>> asus-wmi / asus-nb-wmi (but that won't help for actually fixing the
>> problem).
>>
>>
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>> Corentin Chary
>> http://xf.iksaif.net
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041883
>>
>> Title:
>>   Recent patch to asus-wmi module makes system unbootable
>>
>> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>>   In Progress
>> Status in “linux” source package in Quantal:
>>   In Progress
>>
>> Bug description:
>>   There has been recently a patch to the asus-wmi module (see
>>   http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1315719). This updated
>>   module is part of the linux-image-3.5.0-11-generic package. Using this
>>   module renders the system unbootable (For reasons probably described
>>   in the logs, but currently beyond my knowledge, stacktraces can be
>>   seen though)
>>
>>   I have applied this patch before through dkms and had the exact same
>>   problems. So I removed the patch, it is now part of the ubuntu kernel
>>   though.
>>
>>   The behaviour seems somewhat random, sometimes the system boots, and
>>   the Function hotkeys (keyboard backlight, volume etc) work (except the
>>   known problem with the brightness keys and ambient light sensor). But
>>   most of the time the system simply wont boot. I can however first
>>   start the system in recovery mode, and then proceed normal boot, the
>>   problem does not occur then.
>>
>>   Hardware: Asus Zenbook UX32V
>>
>>   If further information/testing is needed, please contact me.
>>
>>   ProblemType: Bug
>>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
>>   Package: linux-image-3.5.0-11-generic 3.5.0-11.11
>>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
>>   Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic x86_64
>>   ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu2
>>   Architecture: amd64
>>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  peterrus   2343 F.... pulseaudio
>>    /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c:   peterrus   2343 F...m pulseaudio
>>    /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   peterrus   2343 F...m pulseaudio
>>   Date: Sun Aug 26 18:08:05 2012
>>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>>   HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2e120efe-dafa-40e8-868d-06223b0be158
>>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64
>> (20120627)
>>   MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX32VD
>>   ProcEnviron:
>>    TERM=xterm
>>    PATH=(custom, user)
>>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>>   ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
>>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-10-generic
>> root=UUID=9bb3948b-2fd3-46c4-b0bb-0ae32a87278a ro quiet splash
>> pcie_aspm=force drm.vblankoffdelay=1 i915.semaphores=1 nmi_watchdog=0
>>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>>    linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-10-generic N/A
>>    linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-10-generic  N/A
>>    linux-firmware                            1.90
>>   SourcePackage: linux
>>   StagingDrivers: rts5139
>>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>>   dmi.bios.date: 06/29/2012
>>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>>   dmi.bios.version: UX32VD.207
>>   dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
>>   dmi.board.name: UX32VD
>>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>>   dmi.board.version: 1.0
>>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>>   dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>>   dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>>   dmi.modalias:
>> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX32VD.207:bd06/29/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnUX32VD:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnUX32VD:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
>>   dmi.product.name: UX32VD
>>   dmi.product.version: 1.0
>>   dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>>
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