Comment 8 for bug 442364

Shang,

The kernel that won't work is the 2.6.28-15-generic. Currently I am booting
to 2.6.28.11-generic. So the next apport will be from that kernel I hope it
will help you out.

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Shang Wu <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> Can you try again with the following command:
>
> apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 442364
>
> Also, Can you specify which older kernel that you have tried but doesn't
> work??
>
> --
> 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
>