Hang on boot after updated to 12.04 Precise Pangolin

[Rigoberto Calleja]

After updating to Ubuntu version 12.04 Precise Pangolin.
Everytime I try to boot with default kernel version: 3.2.0-24-generic the system hangs on boot.
The system boots fine with previous kernel version: 3.0.0-17-generic.

If recovery mode is selected the last message displayed is Firewire_ohci failed to set link power status

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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Can you follow the "Boot options" instructions on the following wiki to enable additional output on boot:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot

As mentioned on the wiki, it would be great if you can attach a log file which may have captured any messages you see. If you are unable to capture a log file, a digital photo will work just as well. As a last resort you can even copy messages down by hand.

[Rigoberto Calleja (rigobertoc)]

I've attached a digital photo showing last messages displayed before boot hangs.

[nickleus (nick-humphrey)]

the workaround i got to work and allowed me to boot was to add the following to the boot options:
blacklist=firewire_ohci

[nickleus (nick-humphrey)]

when you boot the machine, press F8 to get to the kernel selection list.
mark the top line (the latest kernel) and press "e" to edit the boot options.
scroll down to the line with "quiet" and "splash" (i think it's the second to last line) and add:
blacklist=firewire_ohci

press F10 to boot

[Rigoberto Calleja (rigobertoc)]

I tried the workarround Nick suggested but got the same result with different messages. Please see attached picture.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.4kernel[1] (Not a kernel in the daily directory). Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag(Only that one tag, please leave the other tags). 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.

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.
Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.4-rc4-precise/

[Rob Allen (theburge)]

I tested using 3.4.0-030400rc4-generic and I can confirm that it fails in the same way as 3.2.0-24-generic.

If I add blacklist=firewire_ohci to the kernel command line, as well as blacklisting it in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf, I can boot successfully.

[Hans-Juerg Reinhart (hans-juerg-reinhart)]

Workaround as described in bug #981936 worked fine for me.
I run an Acer TravelMate 8210

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Rigoberto Calleja, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

If reproducible, could you also please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.13-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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