Comment 2 for bug 108731

OK I have gone back to the installer as I wanted to reinstall the laptop, as I have problems with many aspects of Ubuntus operation (wireless, eth0, etc.) Among other things I am having kern.log and syslog filled with garbage:

<timestamp> ubuntu kernel 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
111111111111111111 <etc>

every second.

I thought this was due to problems in the latest kernel release, but booting the installer I just checked kern.log and found it being flooded too.

I am writing this from my workstation, which has a KVM switch to allow me to access my workstation, my firewall/server, and two laptops (one via port extender, the other - the one with the problem just by plugging in the KVM plugs). Well, I boot up the laptop and bring it onto my desk screen

tail /var/log/kern.log -f

and my screen (and the open laptop next to it) fills with "11111". I switch the KVM to my workstation to report my problems, and presto the laptop now shows a series of "legible" errors:

Jun 27 19:28:01 ubuntu last message repeated 172 times
Jun 27 19:28:01 ubuntu kernel: [ 714.452000] ACPI Error (evgpe-0711): No handler or method for GPE[17], disabling event [20060707]

If I switch the KVM back the "111111" messages continue. If I unplug the screen I get the [ 714.... messages again.

There is a brief section of "171717171717" the moment the monitor tries (unsuccessfully) to match the resolution of the laptop

The installer is nice and snappy - no problems as long as I keep my external screen unplugged.

This has nothing to do with the installer, but something with the video adaptor. Now I just need to find out where to look

Martin