Comment 20 for bug 442364

Shang,

The latest kernel did not work. The boot stalled again, so I moved on to
part two of your e-mail.

The first link would not load in the package manager so I went to synaptic
and marked the header and it pulled the proper dependencies. Then I d-loaded
the second link and then restarted the computer.

And it boots fine now without having to load an older kernel from the grub
loader.

Thanks for all of your help. I learned a great deal.

Dan

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Shang Wu <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> On the kernel 2.6.28-14-generic, please run the following command:
>
> dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.28-15 generic
>
> and paste the output.
>
> I would like to know if you are using the latest jaunty kernel which is
> - 2.6.28-15.52
>
> If not, please update;upgrade again to the latest and see if the issue
> persist. If you are using the latest jaunty kernel and still not able to
> boot properly. Please try to install the following two packages
> (mainline kernel headers & kernel) to see if you can boot:
>
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-headers-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-headers-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb>
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-image-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.28.10/linux-image-2.6.28-02062810-generic_2.6.28-02062810_i386.deb>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> kernel 2.6.28-15-generic for 9.04 will not allow my IBM T30 to boot.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442364
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>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> My thinkpad T30 precipitously would not boot any more. I have been running
> ubuntu solely since gusty on this laptop. It would stop booting and stall. I
> thought that my HD was going out so I put in another I have. I had an old
> 8.04 iso disk, CD version already, so I loaded it and then proceeded to go
> through the normal updates via the update manager, including new distro
> updates. Everything worked just as it had before with the other HD
> perfectly.
>
> After updating to 9.04 the computer was still running fine. The very next
> round of updates per the update manager ran fine. I restarted the computer
> as directed. The bios runs fine and the grub loader works okay but then the
> computer just stops on the boot screen. This is exactly what was happening
> before. It just stops booting and just sits there. I left it for a1/2 hour
> once and nothing happened, it was still stuck at the same point in the boot
> process as the previous HD had done.
>
> So I d-loaded the 9.04 iso on another computer and burned it. I did a
> complete re-install of 9.04 and again it worked fine until the very next
> series of updates. The very same problem started occuring again. Up on start
> up I went into the GRUB loader and booted the kernel 2.6.28-11-generic and
> the computer booted just fine and the T30 works as it should. The kernel
> 2.6.28-15-generic was first on the boot list so naturally it was the default
> kernel to boot to. I would assume that it is this kernel that is the
> problem.
>
> I looked through the kernel patches and saw none for a thinkpad T30. I also
> learned that kernel patches are specific to manufacturer as well.
>
> Please look at the problem let me know if I can provide any other
> information.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>