Memtest86+ locks on starting, no error message given

[Scott Testerman]

Binary package hint: memtest86+

On an i852gme machine with Mobile Pentium 4 processor running Lucid, memtest86+ 4.00 will not run. No error message is given. Previous versions have run correctly on this system.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: memtest86+ 4.00-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 30 19:18:00 2010
Dependencies:

InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: memtest86+

[Scott Testerman (scott-testerman)]

This may be related to a known bug, which is to be fixed in version 4.10.

http://forum.canardpc.com/showthread.php?t=43322

[Scott Testerman (scott-testerman)]

4.10 has been released.

http://forum.canardpc.com/showthread.php?t=46172

[Scott Testerman (scott-testerman)]

4.10 in Maverick Alpha 2 still exhibits the same problem, although it now detects the system chipset and processor correctly before halting. No graceful exit is possible; the system must be powered off.

[Fantu (fantonifabio)]

can you tell me if this issue is still reproducible on latest version (5.31b+dfsg-4) please?
is probably solved in 5.31b+dfsg-1

[Scott Testerman (scott-testerman)]

This bug report is a decade old and the reported system has long since failed and been recycled. The nearest similar system I can access is a Core 2 Duo T8100, which is able to both start and exit the latest Memtest (in Jammy) using regular onscreen command keys. I suspect this means that the problem is solved for the original system as well.