Kernel reports "you have serious problems with /Home or /Windows or just locks at boot

[Andrew Ugan]

Using Kubuntu Variant of Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

This is a problem with a new release installed on new hardware on a new release, so I can't be too specific about when/how this cropped up. Can say that it's been a problem through about three kernel updates (32-21 to 32-24).

The kernel commonly reports one or more errors during boot. Usually something along the lines of "you have a serious errror with Filesystem /home or /windows (or both). Gives an option to ignore/skip mounting/manual recovery. If the problem is ignored and the system boots, there are no problems and all runs as normal. Sometimes things just hang. Typical sequences:

no problems -- everything boots normally
problem with /home -- ignore -- boots normally
problem with /home -- ignore -- problem with /windows. Must either skip mounting /windows or force restart (ctrl-alt-dlt)
problem with /windows -- again, skip mounting or restart.

I'd say that that normal boots might be 30% of the time. Given a problems with /home, ignoring it still leads to a successful boot 40-50% of the time. Anything else, just restart. Seldom have to more than once.

Here's a dmsg trace that might be associated with the problem (full dmsg appended):

[ 3.391687] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:467 generic_get_mtrr+0x11e/0x140()
[ 3.391689] Hardware name: GA-880GMA-UD2H
[ 3.391691] mtrr: your BIOS has set up an incorrect mask, fixing it up.
[ 3.391692] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_atihdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor serio_raw joydev snd edac_core edac_mce_amd fglrx(P) vga16fb vgastate xhci i2c_piix4 soundcore snd_page_alloc lp parport hid_logitech ff_memless usbhid hid ohci1394 floppy ieee1394 pata_jmicron ahci r8169 mii
[ 3.391716] Pid: 1000, comm: Xorg Tainted: P 2.6.32-24-generic #39-Ubuntu
[ 3.391718] Call Trace:
[ 3.391723] [<ffffffff81066dbb>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7b/0xc0
[ 3.391725] [<ffffffff81066e61>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50
[ 3.391728] [<ffffffff81027dd0>] ? mtrr_close+0x0/0xb0
[ 3.391731] [<ffffffff81028eee>] generic_get_mtrr+0x11e/0x140
[ 3.391734] [<ffffffff8119bbf0>] ? proc_reg_open+0x0/0x1d0
[ 3.391736] [<ffffffff810283f0>] ? mtrr_ioctl+0x0/0x690
[ 3.391738] [<ffffffff81028a15>] mtrr_ioctl+0x625/0x690
[ 3.391741] [<ffffffff8115217a>] ? do_filp_open+0x2da/0xba0
[ 3.391743] [<ffffffff810283f0>] ? mtrr_ioctl+0x0/0x690
[ 3.391745] [<ffffffff8119b8cc>] proc_reg_unlocked_ioctl+0x7c/0x100
[ 3.391748] [<ffffffff81153cd2>] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0xa0
[ 3.391751] [<ffffffff8111612c>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x2ec/0x3c0
[ 3.391753] [<ffffffff81153e2d>] file_ioctl+0x3d/0x110
[ 3.391755] [<ffffffff8115dcfa>] ? alloc_fd+0x10a/0x150
[ 3.391757] [<ffffffff8115425b>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x35b/0x380
[ 3.391760] [<ffffffff81154301>] sys_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
[ 3.391763] [<ffffffff810131b2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 3.391764] ---[ end trace 91b592ad0272ad66 ]---

Hope you find this useful, and please let me know if there's something else I can do to help

Sincerely,

Andrew Ugan

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-24-generic 2.6.32-24.39
Regression: No
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ugan 1680 F.... kmix
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ugan 1649 F.... knotify4
                      ugan 1680 F.... kmix
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ID 892'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,1458a102,00100302'
   Controls : 5
   Simple ctrls : 4
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfdefc000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Sun Aug 15 08:57:56 2010
Frequency: I don't know.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=6af80ee1-0c21-47aa-9aa8-af81f8de36c5
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-880GMA-UD2H
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=5677a5c6-31fb-44d3-9a6b-e4b300d6606e ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
WifiSyslog:
 Aug 15 07:31:50 antec kernel: [ 1767.390791] __ratelimit: 15 callbacks suppressed
 Aug 15 07:31:50 antec kernel: [ 1767.390802] npviewer.bin[1768]: segfault at f483a04c ip 00000000f622e757 sp 00000000ffc20e90 error 4 in libflashplayer.so[f5e8f000+b2c000]
 Aug 15 08:25:27 antec kernel: [ 4984.872510] type=1505 audit(1281878727.541:16): operation="profile_load" pid=5602 name="/usr/sbin/mysqld"
 Aug 15 08:25:27 antec kernel: [ 4984.976957] type=1505 audit(1281878727.642:17): operation="profile_replace" pid=5607 name="/usr/sbin/mysqld"
dmi.bios.date: 04/14/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F1
dmi.board.name: GA-880GMA-UD2H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd04/14/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-880GMA-UD2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-880GMA-UD2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-880GMA-UD2H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

ADDENDUM 10-SEPT-2010
  CHECKED AGAINST UPSTREAM KERNELS 2.6.34.020634 AND 2.6.35-02065302 WITH THE SAME RESULTS. BOTH REPORT "Serious Errors with ..." as before

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Andrew,

If you could also please test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Andrew Ugan (andrew-ugan)]

Edited the original submission to clarify that the upstream kernels were checked and the problem persists. Tried against Lucid on 2.6.34-020634 and Maverick 2.6.35-02063502. Compiled with image, headers-all, and source-all

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu development release http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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