[Regression] kernel fails to recognise agpgart, ACPI, touchpad, etc

[joosteto]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic

Ubuntu release: 8.04
Main problem: touchpad not found (no mouse), graphics card not found (goes back to vesa), no ACPI working.

On my (new) Toshiba satellite L40-17O:

linux-image-2.6.24-16 (from the live CD and installed) worked fine.
linux-image-2.6.24-17 and 2.6.24-18 don't work: graphical card (965GM) not recognised (loads vesa), touchpad not found (so no mouse), none of the ACPI lines appear in the kernel messages log.

To compare, below is the (good) 2.6.24-16 /var/log/messages and the (bad) 2.6.24-18 text.

Full story:
linux-image-2.6.24-16 (from the live CD) worked fine, also when installed.
June 5th I upgraded to linux-image-2.6.24-18, and everything still worked fine.

However, today (june 8th), while listening to rhythmbox and setting the time zone one hour back, the system became non-responsive (rhythmbox kept on playing, could move mouse, but couldn't do antyhing, alt-ctrl-F1 didn't react, etc).

Rebooted several times into 2.6.24-18 (it worked before, I thought it couldn't be the problem), tried to remove batteries etc, but nothing worked. Then tried live CD, that did work. Now I've tried going back and fourth between 2.6.24-16, 17, 18, and -16 consistently is the only one that sees my hardware properly.

/var/log/messages for 2.6.24-18 (bad, 2.6.24-17 is very smilar):
***********************************************
[...]
Jun 8 16:47:19 abelo kernel: [ 22.733273] Attempting manual resume
Jun 8 16:47:19 abelo kernel: [ 22.785866] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jun 8 16:47:19 abelo kernel: [ 22.785877] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jun 8 16:47:19 abelo kernel: [ 22.878578] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33
Jun 8 16:47:19 abelo kernel: [ 22.888436] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K17A 3.52 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Jun 8 16:47:19 abelo kernel: [ 22.888504] scsi 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
Jun 8 16:47:19 abelo kernel: [ 32.119765] Adding 4803392k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:4803392k
Jun 8 16:47:19 abelo kernel: [ 32.542399] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
Jun 8 16:47:20 abelo kernel: [ 35.060236] audit(1212936440.602:2): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" name="/dev/tty" pid=4649 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
Jun 8 16:47:21 abelo dhcdbd: Started up.
Jun 8 16:47:21 abelo kernel: [ 36.380647] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
Jun 8 16:47:33 abelo exiting on signal 15
(/var/log/messages stops here)

/var/log/messages for 2.6.24-16 (good):
***********************************************
[... initial lines identical to -18...]
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 20.969162] Attempting manual resume
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 21.020857] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 21.020867] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 21.156131] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 21.165982] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K17A 3.52 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 21.166048] scsi 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.100452] Linux agpgart interface v0.102
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.156411] agpgart: Detected an Intel 965GM Chipset.
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.156676] agpgart: Detected 7676K stolen memory.
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.225284] agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.411889] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.452382] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.587707] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/virtual/input/input2
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.599538] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.599679] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input3
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.615496] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.615601] input: Sleep Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input4
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.627480] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.627563] input: Lid Switch as /devices/virtual/input/input5
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.628585] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.732511] asus-laptop: Asus Laptop Support version 0.42
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.732812] asus-laptop: T20 model detected
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 28.734162] Registered led device: asus:mail
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 29.490254] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC0] (on-line)
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 29.778988] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input6
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 29.789406] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 29.850787] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 29.946341] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 29.978906] hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC660VD/ALC861VD, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 30.859514] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 30.890838] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.02 (26-Jul-2007)
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 30.890962] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0860)
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 30.891012] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 31.071256] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 31.314707] Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 31.366846] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 31.366851] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 32.336066] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.3, id: 0x9280b1, caps: 0xa04713/0x204000
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 32.336073] synaptics: Toshiba Satellite L40 detected, limiting rate to 40pps.
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 32.376954] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input8
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 33.489489] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 33.672674] Adding 4803392k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:4803392k
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 34.109638] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 34.864987] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 35.335836] No dock devices found.
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 36.595972] NET: Registered protocol family 10
Jun 8 16:48:26 abelo kernel: [ 36.596510] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Jun 8 16:48:27 abelo kernel: [ 36.869092] apm: BIOS not found.
Jun 8 16:48:27 abelo kernel: [ 37.039645] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
Jun 8 16:48:27 abelo kernel: [ 37.152938] audit(1212936507.388:2): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" name="/dev/tty" pid=4975 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
Jun 8 16:48:28 abelo dhcdbd: Started up.
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.787981] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.916255] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.916890] NET: Registered protocol family 31
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.916893] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.916897] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.939685] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.9
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.939689] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.999157] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.999171] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Jun 8 16:48:29 abelo kernel: [ 38.999172] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Jun 8 16:48:30 abelo dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.reason
Jun 8 16:48:32 abelo kernel: [ 41.665997] NET: Registered protocol family 17
Jun 8 16:48:32 abelo kernel: [ 42.032718] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
Jun 8 16:48:32 abelo kernel: [ 42.036346] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Jun 8 16:48:32 abelo kernel: [ 42.036433] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 8 19:20:32 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic 2.6.24-18.32 [modified: lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.pcimap lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.dep lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.ieee1394map lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.usbmap lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.isapnpmap lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.inputmap lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.seriomap lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.alias lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/modules.symbols]
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[joosteto (joosteto)]

linux-image-2.6.24-19 works again!