Loss of VT and recovery menu

[Eric Appleman]

A normal boot will not permit VT switching. This also applies to a recovery boot with the added symptom of the recovery menu never being reached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-genusername 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: eric 1097 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: eric 1097 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xefebc000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9200'
   Components : 'HDA:83847690,102801d8,00102201 HDA:14f12bfa,14f100c3,00090000'
   Controls : 11
   Simple ctrls : 6
Date: Thu Apr 21 12:45:52 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=466e3d0b-f906-4658-bf7d-93e428b77230
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110409)
MachineType: Dell Inc. MXC061
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-genusername root=UUID=2b83fee9-065c-418d-9dbe-fd51c4787f08 ro quiet nosplash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.51
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/10/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd07/10/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMXC061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MXC061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[James Hunt (jamesodhunt)]

Do you get a recovery menu if you add "-s" to the kernel command line in grub?

[Eric Appleman (erappleman)]

Negative. No recovery menu or VT.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

In addition to James' request, has the BIOS on the machine itself been updated to the latest?

Thanks!

~JFo

[Eric Appleman (erappleman)]

Yes. I am using the latest BIOS.

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