Thank you for your help, I didn't answer you because this bug is a duplicate of bug #793437, however, as it looks like #793437 has been marked invalid I'll try to update this one as much as possible.
Yes, this is still an issue on every kernel version I have tried up to 3.6 it is not ubuntu specific and happens on every distribution I have that includes a linux kernel newer than the offending version (the most precise account we have of this is the bisect), discussion on this bug on launchpad seems to have died down around last year and right now the only activity is in the kernel.org bug tracker: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42725
This summer I ran a bisect to the best of my ability, the results are in the thread but I'll attach them here just in case you find it useful. You can find the log in the attachment and this is the list of possible offending commits:
Because of this bug installing a new version of ubuntu takes many hours and leaves me with an unusable laptop when the process finishes, if you really think this is needed I'll do it. But won't be able to do it until I have free time and do not need the computer, probably in December.
Thank you for your help, I didn't answer you because this bug is a duplicate of bug #793437, however, as it looks like #793437 has been marked invalid I'll try to update this one as much as possible.
Yes, this is still an issue on every kernel version I have tried up to 3.6 it is not ubuntu specific and happens on every distribution I have that includes a linux kernel newer than the offending version (the most precise account we have of this is the bisect), discussion on this bug on launchpad seems to have died down around last year and right now the only activity is in the kernel.org bug tracker: https:/ /bugzilla. kernel. org/show_ bug.cgi? id=42725
This summer I ran a bisect to the best of my ability, the results are in the thread but I'll attach them here just in case you find it useful. You can find the log in the attachment and this is the list of possible offending commits:
$ git log e8eb6228094bcf. .c172cb73bc79fe 6991 | grep commit 9915b1a1a48e374 aa4b1f8a59 3a6066bae791c77 043ec49524 7396d101075a129 a2d683ad66 8e80cd319b35ac5 f6812b4f62 1af25e079070a00 676f60f2f0 c26c94c6401c174 691a8f04e7 00cf931538e1712 6efe45f45c f75eddcce31e022 9c92d6c3bf 5f5edc58145d202 de08ed623c 86c6f64fa566160 4cf7029a99 8f29658636a2c2b 54c4238ec4 4e2c6250086a440 21fbb9c5a0 2f676e5f729159b 0779f1c0af 45ae6892baa5192 c91addc84c 7a55b0e4623fcad 671273e6e6 f94ce144a8d06f7 af607ecc53 2729faca4c155a9 4a5bea2a09 c00cdcdb12ec6c7 e135cf379f 3eafcf16935b3d7 e5dded3078 1d8b22f241eb8a4 a292c1362e b6b997b8e533d6d e1960499d3 ff18bc29da9539b 587fdbd1d7 58f3f91c834d904 3cd8122d38 e66d4c523eb715a d317a4ef77 bafdec291223153 597f649934 774edff8e01f0a9 fd46d8ab62 a0ae67dd201f753 2ef4abf1c1 1e5dda5c56bb5e1 0315b76f71 a5907660b7ba61c 3fda20fc61
commit c172cb73bc79fe6
commit 28f4f8a9def2b1f
commit a0d468718b9049f
commit 9ce10df8d83d052
commit 9874647ba1bdf3e
commit e8e18c956152ec9
commit 9e6c3e996e3c80d
commit 09079250db4d470
commit 150dba38f0c3d2d
commit de5668fe7549c05
commit ddcc6a037c0f937
commit 9d8b5e7b2817978
commit 546eb5769587571
commit 3bd741bd0dfcc18
commit 3784730b02b9f14
commit b63559f5ce08bc8
commit a44061aa8b5d58b
commit e8b6f970107cfc9
commit b76df673522d94e
commit ccba77eb45c36cf
commit 4461cf546ec8c97
commit a9fc03125ea0001
commit 20d33aea7ae7ad8
commit c45b5c097001480
commit 5821f75421aa7c7
commit b27d65975c252ff
commit 96b7b7ad79e4bd8
commit 507f7d5e27015be
commit aa9d36060fb7480
Because of this bug installing a new version of ubuntu takes many hours and leaves me with an unusable laptop when the process finishes, if you really think this is needed I'll do it. But won't be able to do it until I have free time and do not need the computer, probably in December.
Thank you again for your help.